Dark salmon

#ca7e65

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 15 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 #ca7e65, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca7e65

RGB202, 126, 101

HSL15, 49%, 59%

HSV15, 50%, 79%

CMYK0%, 38%, 50%, 21%

Lab60.26, 26.79, 25.96

XYZ34.17, 28.42, 16.0

Decimal13270629

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone4645 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c36d51 #b95e40 #a55339 #904932 #7c3f2b #683524 #542a1d #3f2016 #2b160f #170c08

Tints of dark salmon

#cf8a73 #d49681 #d9a18f #ddad9d #e2b9ab #e7c5b9 #ecd1c8 #f1dcd6 #f6e8e4 #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#65b1ca Analogous#ca657e Analogous#cab165 Triadic#65ca7e Triadic#7e65ca Split complementary#65cab0 Split complementary#657fca

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 50, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca7e65 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 50 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 50 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 #ca7e65 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca7e65; }
.text { color: #ca7e65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca7e65; }

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 #ca7e65 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca7e65 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 #ca7e65 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 #ca7e65 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca7e65 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.