Tan

#ab9266

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for tan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Tan is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #ab9266, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab9266

RGB171, 146, 102

HSL38, 29%, 54%

HSV38, 40%, 67%

CMYK0%, 15%, 40%, 33%

Lab61.8, 3.06, 26.79

XYZ29.47, 30.18, 16.84

Decimal11244134

Web safe#999966

Pantone451 C

Shades of tan

#a18658 #917950 #816c47 #725f3e #625236 #52452d #433825 #332b1c #231e13 #14110b

Tints of tan

#b39c74 #bba682 #c2b090 #caba9f #d2c4ad #dacebb #e1d9c9 #e9e3d7 #f1ede5 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#667fab Analogous#ab6f66 Analogous#a2ab66 Triadic#66ab92 Triadic#9266ab Split complementary#66a2ab Split complementary#6f66ab

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 40, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab9266 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 40 33

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 41 39

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #ab9266 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab9266; }
.text { color: #ab9266; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab9266; }

How tan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Tan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ab9266 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab9266 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ab9266 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around tan? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ab9266 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from tan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ab9266 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.