Tan

#dab28f

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

Tan sits in the orange range, light and soft. 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 #dab28f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dab28f

RGB218, 178, 143

HSL28, 50%, 71%

HSV28, 34%, 85%

CMYK0%, 18%, 34%, 15%

Lab75.28, 9.61, 23.36

XYZ49.79, 48.73, 32.77

Decimal14332559

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d2a176 #ca905d #c17f44 #ac6f39 #935f31 #7a4f28 #623f20 #492f18 #301f10 #170f08

Tints of tan

#ddb999 #e1c0a3 #e4c6ad #e7cdb6 #ead4c0 #eedbca #f1e1d4 #f4e8de #f7efe8 #fbf6f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#8fb7da Analogous#da8f91 Analogous#dad78f Triadic#8fdab2 Triadic#b28fda Split complementary#8fdad7 Split complementary#8f92da

Tan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 34, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dab28f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 34 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 35 21

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 #dab28f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dab28f; }
.text { color: #dab28f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dab28f; }

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 #dab28f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dab28f 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 #dab28f 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 #dab28f 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 #dab28f are worked out. 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.