Tan

#cea586

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 26 degrees. 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 #cea586, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cea586

RGB206, 165, 134

HSL26, 42%, 67%

HSV26, 35%, 81%

CMYK0%, 20%, 35%, 19%

Lab70.7, 10.76, 21.79

XYZ43.21, 41.75, 28.34

Decimal13542790

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4655 C

Shades of tan

#c59570 #bc845a #b07447 #9a663e #845735 #6e492c #583a24 #422c1b #2c1d12 #160e09

Tints of tan

#d2ad91 #d7b59c #dbbda6 #e0c5b1 #e4cdbc #e8d5c7 #edddd2 #f1e5dd #f5ede7 #faf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#86afce Analogous#ce868b Analogous#cec986 Triadic#86cea5 Triadic#a586ce Split complementary#86cec9 Split complementary#868bce

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, 20, 35, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cea586 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 35 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 36 25

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #cea586 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cea586; }
.text { color: #cea586; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cea586; }

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 #cea586 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cea586 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Tan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cea586 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn tan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cea586 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

Here is how the numbers for #cea586 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.