Dark salmon

#cb8d6b

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 21 degrees. 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 #cb8d6b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb8d6b

RGB203, 141, 107

HSL21, 48%, 61%

HSV21, 47%, 80%

CMYK0%, 31%, 47%, 20%

Lab64.0, 19.6, 27.56

XYZ36.81, 32.81, 18.3

Decimal13340011

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4655 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c47d56 #bc6d42 #a7613b #935534 #7e492c #693d25 #55311e #402516 #2b190f #170d08

Tints of dark salmon

#d09778 #d4a286 #d9ac93 #deb7a1 #e3c1ae #e7cbbc #ecd6c9 #f1e0d7 #f6eae4 #faf5f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6ba9cb Analogous#cb6b79 Analogous#cbbd6b Triadic#6bcb8d Triadic#8d6bcb Split complementary#6bcbbd Split complementary#6b79cb

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, 31, 47, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb8d6b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 47 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 47 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 #cb8d6b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb8d6b; }
.text { color: #cb8d6b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb8d6b; }

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 #cb8d6b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb8d6b 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 #cb8d6b 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 #cb8d6b 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

The figures for #cb8d6b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.