Dark salmon

#b78f75

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

Dark salmon is a mid orange with grounded warmth. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #b78f75, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b78f75

RGB183, 143, 117

HSL24, 31%, 59%

HSV24, 36%, 72%

CMYK0%, 22%, 36%, 28%

Lab62.5, 11.48, 19.62

XYZ32.56, 31.0, 21.1

Decimal12029813

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4725 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ae8163 #a27354 #90664b #7e5a42 #6d4d39 #5b412f #493426 #38271d #261b14 #140e0a

Tints of dark salmon

#be9982 #c4a38e #cbae9b #d1b8a8 #d8c2b4 #dfccc1 #e5d7cd #ece1da #f2ebe7 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#759db7 Analogous#b7757c Analogous#b7b075 Triadic#75b78f Triadic#8f75b7 Split complementary#75b7b0 Split complementary#757cb7

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 36, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b78f75 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 36 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 37 34

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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #b78f75 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b78f75; }
.text { color: #b78f75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b78f75; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b78f75 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b78f75 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b78f75 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b78f75 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b78f75 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.