Tan

#deb79b

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 #deb79b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#deb79b

RGB222, 183, 155

HSL25, 50%, 74%

HSV25, 30%, 87%

CMYK0%, 18%, 30%, 13%

Lab77.14, 10.02, 19.51

XYZ52.97, 51.76, 38.21

Decimal14595995

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone4665 C

Shades of tan

#d5a481 #cd9167 #c47f4d #b36d3b #995d33 #7f4e2a #653e21 #4b2e19 #311e10 #170e08

Tints of tan

#e1bda4 #e4c3ac #e7cab5 #e9d0be #ecd6c6 #efdccf #f2e3d8 #f5e9e0 #f8efe9 #fbf5f2

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#9bc2de Analogous#de9ba0 Analogous#ded99b Triadic#9bdeb7 Triadic#b79bde Split complementary#9bded9 Split complementary#9ba0de

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, 18, 30, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #deb79b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 30 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 32 19

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 #deb79b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #deb79b; }
.text { color: #deb79b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #deb79b; }

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 #deb79b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #deb79b 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 #deb79b 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 #deb79b 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 #deb79b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.