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#DFAAA4 — Light Muted Red

#DFAAA4 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 #DFAAA4 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.

#DFAAA4 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 #A4D9DF; it also sits naturally between #DFA4BC and #DFC8A4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFAAA4 · RGB 223, 170, 164

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Color values

HEX#DFAAA4
RGB223, 170, 164
HSL6°, 48%, 76%
HSV6°, 26%, 87%
CMYK0%, 24%, 26%, 13%
XYZ51.51, 47.12, 41.50
Yxy47.12, 0.3676, 0.3363
CIE-Lab74.27, 18.57, 10.62
Hunter Lab68.64, 17.76, 8.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 26% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFAAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFAAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFAAA4

.text { color: #DFAAA4; }
.background { background-color: #DFAAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFAAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 170, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 48%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFAAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 170, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFAAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 170, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFAAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFAAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFAAA4

#D6928A#CD7970#C25D51#B14A3E#973F35#7D342C#622922#441C18#2A110F#0F0605

Tints of #DFAAA4

#E2B1AC#E4B8B4#E7BFBB#EAC7C3#ECCECA#EFD5D2#F2DCD9#F4E3E1#F7EAE8#FAF1F0

Tones of #DFAAA4

#DBAEA9#D7B1AD#D2B5B1#CFB8B5#CABBB9#C6BEBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4D9DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.01:1 Fails
Against black text10.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFAAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFAAA4

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 #DFAAA4: ·

How #DFAAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8A5Deuteranopia · #CBCFA6Tritanopia · #DCA7A7

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 #DFAAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette 49243e
#49243E · #704264 · #BB8493 · #DBAFA0
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Ruby Garden
#D8A2A2 · #FFDCDC · #FFF9D6 · #8EA66B

Similar colors

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

#E0A8A8#DDAEA7#DBAFA0#E1ACAC#D9ABAB#D8A2A2#D8AC9C#E9A6A6#E2A1AA#D9ADAD#D6A99D#E2AEAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFAAA3  ·  #DFAAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFAAA4?

#DFAAA4 is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 223, 170, 164). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFAAA4?

#DFAAA4 is RGB 223, 170, 164 — HSL 6°, 48%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 24%, 26%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFAAA4?

Its complement is #A4D9DF; analogous partners are #DFA4BC and #DFC8A4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFAAA4 for text?

Black text on #DFAAA4 has a contrast ratio of 10.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.