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#DAAEB2 — Light Muted Red

#DAAEB2 is a red color we call Light Muted Red, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #DAAEB2 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.

#DAAEB2 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 #AFDAD6; it also sits naturally between #DAAFC8 and #DAC1AF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAEB2 · RGB 218, 174, 178

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Color values

HEX#DAAEB2
RGB218, 174, 178
HSL355°, 37%, 77%
HSV355°, 20%, 85%
CMYK0%, 20%, 18%, 15%
XYZ52.09, 48.39, 48.71
Yxy48.39, 0.3491, 0.3244
CIE-Lab75.07, 16.61, 4.05
Hunter Lab69.56, 15.88, 3.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 68% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 18% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DAAEB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DAAEB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DAAEB2

.text { color: #DAAEB2; }
.background { background-color: #DAAEB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAEB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 174, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 37%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAEB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 174, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAEB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 174, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAAEB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAAEB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAAEB2

#CF969B#C27A80#B76269#A84D55#8F4248#73353A#5B2A2E#421F22#261213#0E0607

Tints of #DAAEB2

#DDB6B9#E0BDC0#E4C4C6#E7CBCD#EAD2D4#ECD5D7#EFDCDE#F2E3E4#F5EAEB#F9F1F2

Tones of #DAAEB2

#D7B2B5#D4B5B8#D1B8BA#CEBBBD#CBBEBF#C7C1C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFDAD6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.97:1 Fails
Against black text10.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAEB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAEB2

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 #DAAEB2: ·

How #DAAEB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7B1Deuteranopia · #CACDB1Tritanopia · #D8B0B0

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 #DAAEB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette F1e5d1
#F1E5D1 · #DBB5B5 · #C39898 · #987070
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Palette 867070
#867070 · #D5B4B4 · #E4D0D0 · #F5EBEB
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Rustic Ruby Opal
#EFD7DE · #D9A6B5 · #AC4E69 · #7D3147

Similar colors

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

#D9ADAD#DBB5B5#D9ABAB#D5B4B4#E2AEAF#D9A6B5#E1ACAC#E4AFB2#DBAEBD#DEB6AB#DDAEA7#DEA5B8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAEB1  ·  #DAAEB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAEB2?

#DAAEB2 is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 174, 178). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAEB2?

#DAAEB2 is RGB 218, 174, 178 — HSL 355°, 37%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 18%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAEB2?

Its complement is #AFDAD6; analogous partners are #DAAFC8 and #DAC1AF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAEB2 for text?

Black text on #DAAEB2 has a contrast ratio of 10.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.97:1.