Tan

#cca87f

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

This is Tan, a soft orange at 32 degrees. 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 #cca87f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cca87f

RGB204, 168, 127

HSL32, 43%, 65%

HSV32, 38%, 80%

CMYK0%, 18%, 38%, 20%

Lab71.13, 7.49, 26.13

XYZ42.74, 42.37, 26.01

Decimal13412479

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone728 C

Shades of tan

#c3996a #bb8b54 #ac7c45 #976c3c #815d34 #6c4d2b #563e22 #412f1a #2b1f11 #161009

Tints of tan

#d1b08b #d5b896 #dabfa2 #dec7ad #e3cfb9 #e8d7c4 #ecdfd0 #f1e7db #f5eee7 #faf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#7fa3cc Analogous#cc827f Analogous#cacc7f Triadic#7fcca8 Triadic#a87fcc Split complementary#7fcacc Split complementary#817fcc

Tan in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 38, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cca87f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 38 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 39 26

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 #cca87f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cca87f; }
.text { color: #cca87f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cca87f; }

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 #cca87f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cca87f 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 #cca87f 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 #cca87f 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 #cca87f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.