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#DCACAA — Light Muted Red

#DCACAA 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 #DCACAA 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.

#DCACAA 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 #A8DADC; it also sits naturally between #DCA8C0 and #DCC4A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCACAA · RGB 220, 172, 170

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Color values

HEX#DCACAA
RGB220, 172, 170
HSL2°, 42%, 76%
HSV2°, 23%, 86%
CMYK0%, 22%, 23%, 14%
XYZ51.52, 47.62, 44.51
Yxy47.62, 0.3587, 0.3315
CIE-Lab74.59, 17.23, 7.75
Hunter Lab69.01, 16.45, 6.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 23% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DCACAA

.text { color: #DCACAA; }
.background { background-color: #DCACAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCACAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 172, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 42%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCACAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 172, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCACAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 172, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DCACAA

#D1918F#C77875#BB5C58#AA4946#913E3B#773331#5E2826#411C1B#281110#0E0606

Tints of #DCACAA

#DEB1AF#E1B8B7#E4BFBE#E7C6C5#EACDCC#EDD4D4#F0DCDB#F3E3E2#F6EAE9#F9F1F1

Tones of #DCACAA

#D8ADAC#D4B1AF#D0B4B3#CDB8B7#C9BBBA#C5BEBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8DADC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCACAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCACAA

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 #DCACAA: ·

How #DCACAA 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 · #CACEABTritanopia · #DAABAB

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 #DCACAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF

Similar colors

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

#D9ABAB#DDAEA7#D9ADAD#E1ACAC#E0A8A8#E2AEAF#D4B0A6#DEB6AB#DBAFA0#E4AFB2#D4A5A5#D8B6A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCACA9  ·  #DCACAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCACAA?

#DCACAA is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 220, 172, 170). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCACAA?

#DCACAA is RGB 220, 172, 170 — HSL 2°, 42%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 23%, 14%.

What colors go with #DCACAA?

Its complement is #A8DADC; analogous partners are #DCA8C0 and #DCC4A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCACAA for text?

Black text on #DCACAA has a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.