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#E2ADAA — Light Muted Red

#E2ADAA 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 #E2ADAA 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.

#E2ADAA is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABE0E2; it also sits naturally between #E2ABC4 and #E2CAAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2ADAA · RGB 226, 173, 170

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Color values

HEX#E2ADAA
RGB226, 173, 170
HSL3°, 49%, 78%
HSV3°, 25%, 89%
CMYK0%, 23%, 25%, 11%
XYZ53.56, 48.96, 44.66
Yxy48.96, 0.3639, 0.3326
CIE-Lab75.43, 18.92, 9.03
Hunter Lab69.97, 18.22, 7.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 25% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2ADAA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2ADAA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2ADAA

.text { color: #E2ADAA; }
.background { background-color: #E2ADAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2ADAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 173, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 49%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2ADAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 173, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2ADAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 173, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2ADAA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2ADAA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2ADAA

#D99491#CF7772#C65D58#B6443E#9C3A35#81302C#632522#481B19#2A100E#0F0605

Tints of #E2ADAA

#E5B6B3#E8BDBB#E9C1BE#EBC8C6#EECFCE#F1D7D5#F3DEDD#F5E2E1#F7E9E8#FAF0F0

Tones of #E2ADAA

#DEB2AF#DBB5B3#D7B9B7#D3BCBB#CFC0BF#CBC3C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABE0E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.95:1 Fails
Against black text10.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2ADAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2ADAA

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 #E2ADAA: ·

How #E2ADAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBABDeuteranopia · #CED2ABTritanopia · #DFABAB

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 #E2ADAA rather than the exact color:

Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Burning Ruby Tempest
#2481B8 · #51A5DD · #DE8957 · #E7B3A8
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#E0A8A8#DDAEA7#E7B3A8#E4AFB2#D9ABAB#D9ADAD#EAAFAF#DEB6AB#ECAFAC#E7A8B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2ADA9  ·  #E2ADAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2ADAA?

#E2ADAA is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 226, 173, 170). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2ADAA?

#E2ADAA is RGB 226, 173, 170 — HSL 3°, 49%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 23%, 25%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2ADAA?

Its complement is #ABE0E2; analogous partners are #E2ABC4 and #E2CAAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2ADAA for text?

Black text on #E2ADAA has a contrast ratio of 10.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.95:1.