Dark salmon

#cd7a5e

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 15 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 #cd7a5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd7a5e
RGB205, 122, 94
HSL15, 53%, 59%
HSV15, 54%, 80%
CMYK0%, 40%, 54%, 20%
Lab59.62, 29.52, 29.11
XYZ34.16, 27.71, 14.14
Decimal13466206
Web safe#cc6666
Pantone4645 C
Pantone4645 CHex#cd7a5eRgb205 122 94Cmyk0 40 54 20Lab60 30 29Darker#773a25Deep#ae5436Lighter#daa998

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, 40, 54, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd7a5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 40 54 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 41 54 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 #cd7a5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd7a5e; }
.text { color: #cd7a5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd7a5e; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd7a5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.21:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.54:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd7a5e 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 #cd7a5e 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 #cd7a5e 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 #cd7a5e is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.