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#DAAFA9 — Light Muted Red

#DAAFA9 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 #DAAFA9 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.

#DAAFA9 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 #A9D5DA; it also sits naturally between #DAA9BC and #DAC8A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAFA9 · RGB 218, 175, 169

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Color values

HEX#DAAFA9
RGB218, 175, 169
HSL7°, 40%, 76%
HSV7°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 20%, 22%, 15%
XYZ51.40, 48.43, 44.17
Yxy48.43, 0.3570, 0.3363
CIE-Lab75.10, 14.72, 9.00
Hunter Lab69.59, 14.00, 7.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 69% · Blue 66%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #DAAFA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DAAFA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DAAFA9

.text { color: #DAAFA9; }
.background { background-color: #DAAFA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAFA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 175, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 40%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAFA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 175, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAFA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 175, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAAFA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAAFA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAAFA9

#D09890#C58077#B9665B#A85348#8F473D#763A32#5D2E28#40201C#271311#0E0706

Tints of #DAAFA9

#DDB6B0#E0BCB8#E3C3BF#E7CAC6#EAD0CD#EDD7D4#F0DEDB#F3E4E2#F6EBEA#F9F2F1

Tones of #DAAFA9

#D7B2AD#D4B4B0#D0B7B4#CCBAB7#C9BDBB#C5BFBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9D5DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.97:1 Fails
Against black text10.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAFA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAFA9

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 #DAAFA9: ·

How #DAAFA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7AADeuteranopia · #CACDABTritanopia · #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 #DAAFA9 rather than the exact color:

Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Velvet Saffron
#DEC2BA · #D4B0A6 · #B67563 · #7C4E41
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Palette F8ecd1
#F8ECD1 · #DEB6AB · #AC7D88 · #85586F

Similar colors

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

#DDAEA7#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#D4B0A6#E1ACAC#DEB6AB#D8B6A4#DBAFA0#E0A8A8#E2AEAF#D4A5A5#D7B19D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAFA8  ·  #DAAFAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAFA9?

#DAAFA9 is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 175, 169). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAFA9?

#DAAFA9 is RGB 218, 175, 169 — HSL 7°, 40%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 22%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAFA9?

Its complement is #A9D5DA; analogous partners are #DAA9BC and #DAC8A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAFA9 for text?

Black text on #DAAFA9 has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.97:1.