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#DAAFAA — Light Muted Red

#DAAFAA 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 #DAAFAA 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.

#DAAFAA 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 #AAD5DA; it also sits naturally between #DAAABD and #DAC7AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAFAA · RGB 218, 175, 170

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Color values

HEX#DAAFAA
RGB218, 175, 170
HSL6°, 39%, 76%
HSV6°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 20%, 22%, 15%
XYZ51.50, 48.47, 44.67
Yxy48.47, 0.3561, 0.3351
CIE-Lab75.12, 14.87, 8.49
Hunter Lab69.62, 14.15, 7.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 69% · Blue 67%

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

CSS code for #DAAFAA

.text { color: #DAAFAA; }
.background { background-color: #DAAFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 175, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 39%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 175, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 175, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAFAA

#CF9791#C48078#B7655C#A75249#8E463E#753A33#5C2E28#40201C#271311#0E0706

Tints of #DAAFAA

#DDB5B1#E0BCB8#E3C3BF#E6C9C6#E9D0CD#ECD7D4#EFDEDC#F3E4E3#F6EBEA#F9F2F1

Tones of #DAAFAA

#D6B2AE#D3B4B1#CFB7B4#CCB9B7#C9BCBB#C5BFBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAD5DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.96:1 Fails
Against black text10.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAFAA

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 #DAAFAA: ·

How #DAAFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7ABDeuteranopia · #CACDACTritanopia · #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 #DAAFAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
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:

#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#DDAEA7#D4B0A6#E1ACAC#DEB6AB#E0A8A8#D8B6A4#E2AEAF#DBAFA0#D5B4B4#DBB5B5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAFA9  ·  #DAAFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAFAA?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAFAA?

#DAAFAA is RGB 218, 175, 170 — HSL 6°, 39%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 22%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAFAA?

Its complement is #AAD5DA; analogous partners are #DAAABD and #DAC7AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAFAA for text?

Black text on #DAAFAA has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.96:1.