Dark salmon

#bb896d

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

This is Dark salmon, a soft orange at 22 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #bb896d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb896d

RGB187, 137, 109

HSL22, 36%, 58%

HSV22, 42%, 73%

CMYK0%, 27%, 42%, 27%

Lab61.27, 15.48, 22.5

XYZ32.2, 29.56, 18.48

Decimal12290413

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone479 C

Shades of dark salmon

#b37a5b #a66d4d #946145 #82553c #6f4934 #5d3d2b #4b3123 #39261b #271a12 #150e0a

Tints of dark salmon

#c1947a #c79f88 #cea995 #d4b4a3 #dabfb0 #e0cabd #e7d5cb #ede0d8 #f3eae5 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6d9fbb Analogous#bb6d78 Analogous#bbb06d Triadic#6dbb89 Triadic#896dbb Split complementary#6dbbb0 Split complementary#6d78bb

Dark salmon 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, 27, 42, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb896d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 42 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 43 33

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 #bb896d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb896d; }
.text { color: #bb896d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb896d; }

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 #bb896d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb896d 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 #bb896d 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 #bb896d 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

Every value on this page for #bb896d is computed, not guessed. 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.