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#DBAFAE — Light Muted Red

#DBAFAE 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 #DBAFAE 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.

#DBAFAE 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 #AEDADB; it also sits naturally between #DBAEC4 and #DBC5AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DBAFAE · RGB 219, 175, 174

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Color values

HEX#DBAFAE
RGB219, 175, 174
HSL1°, 38%, 77%
HSV1°, 21%, 86%
CMYK0%, 20%, 21%, 14%
XYZ52.18, 48.78, 46.71
Yxy48.78, 0.3534, 0.3303
CIE-Lab75.31, 15.83, 6.60
Hunter Lab69.84, 15.12, 5.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 69% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 21% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DBAFAE

.text { color: #DBAFAE; }
.background { background-color: #DBAFAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DBAFAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 175, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 38%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DBAFAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 175, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DBAFAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 175, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DBAFAE

#D09695#C37B79#B86261#A94D4C#904241#743534#5B2A29#431F1E#271211#0E0606

Tints of #DBAFAE

#DEB6B5#E1BDBC#E4C4C3#E7CBCA#EAD2D1#ECD5D5#EFDCDC#F2E3E3#F6EAEA#F9F1F1

Tones of #DBAFAE

#D8B2B1#D4B5B5#D1B8B7#CEBBBB#CBBEBE#C7C2C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEDADB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.95:1 Fails
Against black text10.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #DBAFAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DBAFAE

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 #DBAFAE: ·

How #DBAFAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8AEDeuteranopia · #CBCEAETritanopia · #D9AEAE

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 #DBAFAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
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#E1ACAC#E2AEAF#DDAEA7#DEB6AB#DBB5B5#E4AFB2#D5B4B4#E0A8A8#D4B0A6#D9A6B5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DBAFAD  ·  #DBAFAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DBAFAE?

#DBAFAE is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 219, 175, 174). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DBAFAE?

#DBAFAE is RGB 219, 175, 174 — HSL 1°, 38%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 21%, 14%.

What colors go with #DBAFAE?

Its complement is #AEDADB; analogous partners are #DBAEC4 and #DBC5AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DBAFAE for text?

Black text on #DBAFAE has a contrast ratio of 10.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.95:1.