Dark salmon

#ca816f

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 12 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 #ca816f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca816f
RGB202, 129, 111
HSL12, 46%, 61%
HSV12, 45%, 79%
CMYK0%, 36%, 45%, 21%
Lab61.14, 26.16, 21.5
XYZ35.08, 29.4, 18.87
Decimal13271407
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone694 C
Pantone694 CHex#ca816fRgb202 129 111Cmyk0 36 45 21Lab61 26 21Darker#7c3d2eDeep#b15741Lighter#dab0a6

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 45, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca816f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 36 45 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 37 45 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 #ca816f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca816f; }
.text { color: #ca816f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca816f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca816f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.05:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.88:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca816f 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 #ca816f 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 #ca816f 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ca816f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.