Dark salmon

#c38470

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 red sitting at 14 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #c38470, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c38470
RGB195, 132, 112
HSL14, 41%, 60%
HSV14, 43%, 76%
CMYK0%, 32%, 43%, 24%
Lab61.02, 21.83, 20.64
XYZ33.68, 29.27, 19.2
Decimal12813424
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone479 C
Pantone479 CHex#c38470Rgb195 132 112Cmyk0 32 43 24Lab61 22 21Darker#744131Deep#a65d46Lighter#d5b1a5

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 43, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c38470 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 32 43 24
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 44 30
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 #c38470 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c38470; }
.text { color: #c38470; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c38470; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c38470 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.06:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.85:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c38470 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 #c38470 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 #c38470 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

The figures for #c38470 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.