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#DAAAAF — Light Muted Red

#DAAAAF 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 #DAAAAF 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.

#DAAAAF 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 #AADAD5; it also sits naturally between #DAAAC7 and #DABDAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAAAF · RGB 218, 170, 175

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Color values

HEX#DAAAAF
RGB218, 170, 175
HSL354°, 39%, 76%
HSV354°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 22%, 20%, 15%
XYZ51.03, 46.75, 46.89
Yxy46.75, 0.3527, 0.3232
CIE-Lab74.03, 18.31, 4.19
Hunter Lab68.37, 17.48, 3.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 67% · Blue 69%

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

CSS code for #DAAAAF

.text { color: #DAAAAF; }
.background { background-color: #DAAAAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAAAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 170, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 39%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAAAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 170, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAAAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 170, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAAAF

#CF9197#C47880#B75C65#A74952#8E3E46#75333A#5C282E#401C20#271113#0E0607

Tints of #DAAAAF

#DDB1B5#E0B8BC#E3BFC3#E6C6C9#E9CDD0#ECD4D7#EFDCDE#F3E3E4#F6EAEB#F9F1F2

Tones of #DAAAAF

#D6AEB2#D3B1B4#CFB4B7#CCB7B9#C9BBBC#C5BEBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AADAD5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAAAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAAAF

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 #DAAAAF: ·

How #DAAAAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5AEDeuteranopia · #C8CCAETritanopia · #D8ADAD

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 #DAAAAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Rustic Ruby Opal
#EFD7DE · #D9A6B5 · #AC4E69 · #7D3147
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F

Similar colors

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

#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#D9A6B5#E1ACAC#E2AEAF#DDAEA7#E0A8A8#DEA5B8#E4AFB2#D5B4B4#D4B0A6#DBB5B5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAAAE  ·  #DAAAB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAAAF?

#DAAAAF is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 170, 175). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAAAF?

#DAAAAF is RGB 218, 170, 175 — HSL 354°, 39%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 20%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAAAF?

Its complement is #AADAD5; analogous partners are #DAAAC7 and #DABDAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAAAF for text?

Black text on #DAAAAF has a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.