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#DAAAAE — Light Muted Red

#DAAAAE is a red color we call Light Muted Red, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #DAAAAE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DAAAAE is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AADAD6; it also sits naturally between #DAAAC6 and #DABEAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAAAE · RGB 218, 170, 174

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Color values

HEX#DAAAAE
RGB218, 170, 174
HSL355°, 39%, 76%
HSV355°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 22%, 20%, 15%
XYZ50.93, 46.71, 46.38
Yxy46.71, 0.3536, 0.3243
CIE-Lab74.00, 18.16, 4.70
Hunter Lab68.35, 17.33, 4.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 67% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 20% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DAAAAE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DAAAAE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DAAAAE

.text { color: #DAAAAE; }
.background { background-color: #DAAAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 170, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 39%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 170, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 170, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAAAAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAAAAE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAAAAE

#CF9196#C4787F#B75C64#A74951#8E3E45#753339#5C282D#401C1F#271113#0E0607

Tints of #DAAAAE

#DDB1B5#E0B8BB#E3BFC2#E6C6C9#E9CDD0#ECD4D6#EFDCDD#F3E3E4#F6EAEB#F9F1F1

Tones of #DAAAAE

#D6AEB1#D3B1B4#CFB4B7#CCB7B9#C9BBBC#C5BEBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AADAD6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAAAE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DAAAAE: ·

How #DAAAAE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C5C5ADDeuteranopia · #C8CCADTritanopia · #D8ACAC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DAAAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Rustic Ruby Opal
#EFD7DE · #D9A6B5 · #AC4E69 · #7D3147
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#E1ACAC#D9A6B5#DDAEA7#E0A8A8#E2AEAF#D4B0A6#E4AFB2#DEA5B8#D4A5A5#D5B4B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAAAD  ·  #DAAAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAAAE?

#DAAAAE is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 170, 174). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAAAE?

#DAAAAE is RGB 218, 170, 174 — HSL 355°, 39%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 20%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAAAE?

Its complement is #AADAD6; analogous partners are #DAAAC6 and #DABEAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAAAE for text?

Black text on #DAAAAE has a contrast ratio of 10.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.