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#DFAFAA — Light Muted Red

#DFAFAA 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 #DFAFAA 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.

#DFAFAA 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 #AAD9DF; it also sits naturally between #DFAABF and #DFCAAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFAFAA · RGB 223, 175, 170

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Color values

HEX#DFAFAA
RGB223, 175, 170
HSL6°, 45%, 77%
HSV6°, 24%, 87%
CMYK0%, 22%, 24%, 13%
XYZ53.02, 49.25, 44.74
Yxy49.25, 0.3606, 0.3350
CIE-Lab75.61, 16.73, 9.25
Hunter Lab70.18, 16.04, 7.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 69% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 24% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DFAFAA

.text { color: #DFAFAA; }
.background { background-color: #DFAFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFAFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 175, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 45%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFAFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 175, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFAFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 175, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DFAFAA

#D59790#CA7B72#C06359#B14E43#98433A#7A362E#602A24#461F1B#29120F#0F0706

Tints of #DFAFAA

#E2B6B1#E4BDB9#E7C4C0#EACBC8#EDD2CF#EED5D3#F1DCDA#F4E3E1#F7EAE9#F9F1F0

Tones of #DFAFAA

#DBB2AD#D7B5B2#D4B8B5#CFBBB9#CCBEBD#C8C2C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAD9DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFAFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFAFAA

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 #DFAFAA: ·

How #DFAFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAABDeuteranopia · #CDD1ACTritanopia · #DDACAC

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 #DFAFAA rather than the exact color:

Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette F8ecd1
#F8ECD1 · #DEB6AB · #AC7D88 · #85586F
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #ECCCB2 · #DEB6AB · #AC7088

Similar colors

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

#DDAEA7#E1ACAC#E2AEAF#D9ADAD#DEB6AB#D9ABAB#E0A8A8#E7B3A8#E4AFB2#DBAFA0#D8B6A4#D4B0A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFAFA9  ·  #DFAFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFAFAA?

#DFAFAA is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 223, 175, 170). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFAFAA?

#DFAFAA is RGB 223, 175, 170 — HSL 6°, 45%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 24%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFAFAA?

Its complement is #AAD9DF; analogous partners are #DFAABF and #DFCAAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFAFAA for text?

Black text on #DFAFAA has a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.