Tan

#bf9980

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

Tan is a mid orange with balanced 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 #bf9980, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf9980

RGB191, 153, 128

HSL24, 33%, 63%

HSV24, 33%, 75%

CMYK0%, 20%, 33%, 25%

Lab66.07, 10.58, 18.52

XYZ36.77, 35.42, 25.32

Decimal12556672

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4725 C

Shades of tan

#b58a6d #ac7a5a #9b6c4e #875f44 #74513b #614431 #4e3727 #3b291e #281c14 #140e0a

Tints of tan

#c5a28c #cbab97 #d0b5a3 #d6beae #dcc7ba #e2d0c5 #e8dad1 #ede3dc #f3ece8 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#80a6bf Analogous#bf8086 Analogous#bfb880 Triadic#80bf99 Triadic#9980bf Split complementary#80bfb9 Split complementary#8086bf

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 33, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf9980 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 33 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 34 31

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 #bf9980 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf9980; }
.text { color: #bf9980; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf9980; }

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 #bf9980 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf9980 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 #bf9980 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 #bf9980 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 #bf9980 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.