Dark salmon

#c9896d

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 18 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 #c9896d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9896d
RGB201, 137, 109
HSL18, 46%, 61%
HSV18, 46%, 79%
CMYK0%, 32%, 46%, 21%
Lab62.85, 21.18, 24.9
XYZ35.79, 31.41, 18.64
Decimal13207917
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone4645 C
Pantone4645 CHex#c9896dRgb201 137 109Cmyk0 32 46 21Lab63 21 25Darker#7a452dDeep#ae6240Lighter#d9b4a4

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, 46, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9896d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 32 46 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 46 27
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 #c9896d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9896d; }
.text { color: #c9896d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9896d; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c9896d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.88:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.28:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9896d 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 #c9896d 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 #c9896d 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 #c9896d is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.