Dark salmon

#ca8a65

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark salmon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, mid and soft. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ca8a65, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca8a65

RGB202, 138, 101

HSL22, 49%, 59%

HSV22, 50%, 79%

CMYK0%, 32%, 50%, 21%

Lab63.07, 20.25, 29.62

XYZ35.79, 31.67, 16.54

Decimal13273701

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone729 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c37b51 #b96c40 #a56039 #905432 #7c492b #683d24 #54311d #3f2516 #2b190f #170d08

Tints of dark salmon

#cf9573 #d49f81 #d9aa8f #ddb59d #e2bfab #e7cab9 #ecd5c8 #f1e0d6 #f6eae4 #faf5f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#65a5ca Analogous#ca6572 Analogous#cabc65 Triadic#65ca8a Triadic#8a65ca Split complementary#65cabc Split complementary#6573ca

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, 32, 50, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca8a65 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 50 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ca8a65 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca8a65; }
.text { color: #ca8a65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca8a65; }

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 #ca8a65 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca8a65 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca8a65 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca8a65 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

Every value on this page for #ca8a65 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.