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#DABAAE — Light Muted Brown

#DABAAE is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

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

#DABAAE is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. 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 #AFCEDA; it also sits naturally between #DAAFB9 and #DAD0AF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DABAAE · RGB 218, 186, 174

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Color values

HEX#DABAAE
RGB218, 186, 174
HSL16°, 37%, 77%
HSV16°, 20%, 85%
CMYK0%, 15%, 20%, 15%
XYZ54.11, 53.08, 47.44
Yxy53.08, 0.3499, 0.3433
CIE-Lab77.92, 9.57, 10.32
Hunter Lab72.86, 9.11, 8.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 73% · Blue 68%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DABAAE

.text { color: #DABAAE; }
.background { background-color: #DABAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DABAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 186, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(16, 37%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DABAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 186, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DABAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 186, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DABAAE

#CFA596#C28D7A#B77862#A8654D#8F5642#734635#5B372A#42281F#261712#0E0806

Tints of #DABAAE

#DDC0B6#E0C6BD#E4CCC4#E7D2CB#EAD8D2#ECDBD5#EFE1DC#F2E7E3#F5EDEA#F9F3F1

Tones of #DABAAE

#D7BCB2#D4BDB5#D1BFB8#CEC0BB#CBC1BE#C7C3C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFCEDA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #DABAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DABAAE

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 #DABAAE: ·

How #DABAAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CCCCB1Deuteranopia · #CED0B2Tritanopia · #D8B3B4

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette F8ecd1
#F8ECD1 · #DEB6AB · #AC7D88 · #85586F
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #ECCCB2 · #DEB6AB · #AC7088
Palette B7c4cf
#B7C4CF · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette 9babb8
#9BABB8 · #EEE3CB · #D7C0AE · #967E76
Palette 88c273
#88C273 · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493
Palette Ef5a6f
#EF5A6F · #FFF1DB · #D4BDAC · #536493

Similar colors

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

#DEB6AB#D7C0AE#D4BDAC#DBB5B5#D6C0B3#DBB9B7#D5B4B4#DCC3AA#D9C4B0#E2BFB3#D8B6A4#D0BAA8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DABAAD  ·  #DABAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DABAAE?

#DABAAE is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 218, 186, 174). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DABAAE?

#DABAAE is RGB 218, 186, 174 — HSL 16°, 37%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 20%, 15%.

What colors go with #DABAAE?

Its complement is #AFCEDA; analogous partners are #DAAFB9 and #DAD0AF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DABAAE for text?

Black text on #DABAAE has a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.