Dark salmon

#bb9175

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 24 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 #bb9175, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb9175

RGB187, 145, 117

HSL24, 34%, 60%

HSV24, 37%, 73%

CMYK0%, 22%, 37%, 27%

Lab63.43, 11.99, 20.94

XYZ33.83, 32.1, 21.24

Decimal12292469

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4725 C

Shades of dark salmon

#b28263 #a77452 #956749 #825b40 #704e37 #5e412e #4b3425 #39281c #271b13 #140e0a

Tints of dark salmon

#c19b82 #c7a58e #ceaf9b #d4b9a7 #dac3b4 #e0cdc1 #e6d7cd #ede1da #f3ebe6 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#759fbb Analogous#bb757c Analogous#bbb475 Triadic#75bb91 Triadic#9175bb Split complementary#75bbb4 Split complementary#757cbb

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 37, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb9175 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 37 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 38 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 #bb9175 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb9175; }
.text { color: #bb9175; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb9175; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb9175 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb9175 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 #bb9175 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 #bb9175 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

Every value on this page for #bb9175 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.