Tan

#cab39e

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 muted. 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 #cab39e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cab39e

RGB202, 179, 158

HSL29, 29%, 71%

HSV29, 22%, 79%

CMYK0%, 11%, 22%, 21%

Lab74.36, 4.92, 13.74

XYZ46.65, 47.27, 39.01

Decimal13284254

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone480 C

Shades of tan

#bea289 #b39273 #a7815e #947151 #7e6045 #695039 #54402e #3e3022 #291f16 #140f0b

Tints of tan

#cfbaa7 #d3c0af #d8c7b8 #ddcec0 #e1d4c9 #e6dbd1 #ebe2da #efe9e2 #f4efeb #f9f6f3

Colors that go with tan

Complementary#9eb5ca Analogous#ca9e9f Analogous#cac99e Triadic#9ecab3 Triadic#b39eca Split complementary#9ecac9 Split complementary#9e9fca

Tan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 22, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cab39e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 22 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Tan in css

Copy #cab39e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cab39e; }
.text { color: #cab39e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cab39e; }

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 #cab39e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cab39e 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 #cab39e 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 #cab39e 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

Every value on this page for #cab39e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.