Dark salmon

#bc8569

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #bc8569, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc8569
RGB188, 133, 105
HSL20, 38%, 57%
HSV20, 44%, 74%
CMYK0%, 29%, 44%, 26%
Lab60.33, 17.67, 23.49
XYZ31.68, 28.49, 17.19
Decimal12354921
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone4645 C
Pantone4645 CHex#bc8569Rgb188 133 105Cmyk0 29 44 26Lab60 18 23Darker#68422eDeep#996144Lighter#cfae9d

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 29, 44, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc8569 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 29 44 26
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 31 44 32
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 #bc8569 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc8569; }
.text { color: #bc8569; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc8569; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bc8569 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.14:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.70:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc8569 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 #bc8569 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #bc8569 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #bc8569 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.