Dark salmon

#cb8676

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

Dark salmon is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #cb8676, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb8676

RGB203, 134, 118

HSL11, 45%, 63%

HSV11, 42%, 80%

CMYK0%, 34%, 42%, 20%

Lab62.55, 24.58, 19.49

XYZ36.42, 31.05, 21.21

Decimal13338230

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone694 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c37361 #bb614c #aa5440 #944a38 #7f3f30 #6a3528 #552a20 #402018 #2b1510 #160b08

Tints of dark salmon

#d09182 #d49c8f #d9a79b #deb2a8 #e3bdb4 #e7c8c0 #ecd3cd #f1ded9 #f5e9e6 #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#76bbcb Analogous#cb7690 Analogous#cbb176 Triadic#76cb86 Triadic#8676cb Split complementary#76cbb0 Split complementary#7691cb

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 34, 42, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb8676 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 42 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 43 26

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 #cb8676 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb8676; }
.text { color: #cb8676; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb8676; }

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 #cb8676 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb8676 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 #cb8676 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 #cb8676 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 #cb8676 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.