Dark salmon

#cb8b69

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #cb8b69, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb8b69
RGB203, 139, 105
HSL21, 49%, 60%
HSV21, 48%, 80%
CMYK0%, 32%, 48%, 20%
Lab63.49, 20.49, 27.99
XYZ36.41, 32.18, 17.66
Decimal13339497
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone4645 C
Pantone4645 CHex#cb8b69Rgb203 139 105Cmyk0 32 48 20Lab63 20 28Darker#7b462bDeep#b0653dLighter#dab5a1

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 48, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb8b69 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 32 48 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 48 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 #cb8b69 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb8b69; }
.text { color: #cb8b69; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb8b69; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cb8b69 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.82:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.44:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb8b69 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 #cb8b69 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 #cb8b69 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 #cb8b69 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.