Tan

#cac3af

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

This is Tan, a muted orange at 44 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Tan color values

Every conversion for #cac3af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cac3af

RGB202, 195, 175

HSL44, 20%, 74%

HSV44, 13%, 79%

CMYK0%, 3%, 13%, 21%

Lab78.86, -0.96, 10.92

XYZ51.61, 54.68, 48.39

Decimal13288367

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone413 C

Shades of tan

#bcb39a #aea485 #a19470 #8f835f #7b7051 #665d43 #514a36 #3c3728 #27241a #12110c

Tints of tan

#cfc8b6 #d8d3c4 #e1ddd2 #eae7df #f3f2ed

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#afb6ca Analogous#cab6af Analogous#c4caaf Triadic#afcac3 Triadic#c3afca Split complementary#afc3ca Split complementary#b6afca

Tan in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 13, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cac3af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 13 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 16 27

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 #cac3af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cac3af; }
.text { color: #cac3af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cac3af; }

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 #cac3af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cac3af 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 #cac3af 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 #cac3af 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

The figures for #cac3af come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.