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#DEADAE — Light Muted Red

#DEADAE 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 #DEADAE 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.

#DEADAE 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 #ABDEDD; it also sits naturally between #DEABC5 and #DEC4AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEADAE · RGB 222, 173, 174

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Color values

HEX#DEADAE
RGB222, 173, 174
HSL359°, 43%, 77%
HSV359°, 22%, 87%
CMYK0%, 22%, 22%, 13%
XYZ52.71, 48.47, 46.62
Yxy48.47, 0.3566, 0.3280
CIE-Lab75.12, 18.02, 6.36
Hunter Lab69.62, 17.28, 5.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 68% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 22% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DEADAE

.text { color: #DEADAE; }
.background { background-color: #DEADAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEADAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 173, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 43%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEADAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 173, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEADAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 173, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEADAE

#D39293#C87476#BE5B5D#AF4648#963C3D#783031#5F2627#451C1C#281010#0F0606

Tints of #DEADAE

#E0B2B3#E3BABA#E6C1C2#E9C8C9#ECD0D0#EED3D4#F0DBDB#F3E2E2#F6E9E9#F9F0F1

Tones of #DEADAE

#DAAFAF#D7B2B3#D3B6B6#CFBABA#CBBDBE#C8C1C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABDEDD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #DEADAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEADAE

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 #DEADAE: ·

How #DEADAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C8AEDeuteranopia · #CCCFAETritanopia · #DCAEAE

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 #DEADAE rather than the exact color:

Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Radiant Whisper
#E9C3C5 · #E4AFB2 · #BA5459 · #5A2628

Similar colors

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

#E1ACAC#E2AEAF#D9ADAD#D9ABAB#DDAEA7#E4AFB2#E0A8A8#DEB6AB#E7A8B2#DBB5B5#D9A6B5#E7B3B3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEADAD  ·  #DEADAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEADAE?

#DEADAE is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 222, 173, 174). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEADAE?

#DEADAE is RGB 222, 173, 174 — HSL 359°, 43%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 22%, 13%.

What colors go with #DEADAE?

Its complement is #ABDEDD; analogous partners are #DEABC5 and #DEC4AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEADAE for text?

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