Dark salmon

#bb8a71

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 20 degrees. 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 #bb8a71, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8a71

RGB187, 138, 113

HSL20, 35%, 59%

HSV20, 40%, 73%

CMYK0%, 26%, 40%, 27%

Lab61.6, 15.39, 20.7

XYZ32.56, 29.93, 19.68

Decimal12290673

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone479 C

Shades of dark salmon

#b27b5f #a66d50 #946147 #82553e #704936 #5e3d2d #4b3124 #39251b #271913 #150e0a

Tints of dark salmon

#c1957e #c79f8b #ceaa98 #d4b5a5 #dac0b2 #e0cabf #e7d5cc #ede0d9 #f3eae6 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#71a2bb Analogous#bb717d Analogous#bbaf71 Triadic#71bb8a Triadic#8a71bb Split complementary#71bbaf Split complementary#717dbb

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 40, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8a71 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 40 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 41 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 #bb8a71 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8a71; }
.text { color: #bb8a71; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8a71; }

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 #bb8a71 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8a71 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 #bb8a71 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 #bb8a71 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bb8a71 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.