Tan

#b9987f

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

Tan sits in the orange range, mid and muted. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #b9987f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9987f

RGB185, 152, 127

HSL26, 29%, 61%

HSV26, 31%, 73%

CMYK0%, 18%, 31%, 27%

Lab65.2, 8.6, 17.78

XYZ35.07, 34.3, 24.85

Decimal12163199

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4725 C

Shades of tan

#af896d #a57b5b #936d50 #816047 #6f523d #5d4533 #4a3729 #382a1f #261c15 #140f0b

Tints of tan

#bfa18b #c6ab96 #ccb4a2 #d2bdae #d9c7b9 #dfd0c5 #e6dad1 #ece3dc #f2ece8 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#7fa0b9 Analogous#b97f83 Analogous#b9b57f Triadic#7fb998 Triadic#987fb9 Split complementary#7fb9b5 Split complementary#7f83b9

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 31, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9987f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 31 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 33 33

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 #b9987f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9987f; }
.text { color: #b9987f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9987f; }

How tan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Tan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b9987f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9987f 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 #b9987f 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 #b9987f 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 #b9987f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.