Dark salmon

#cd8779

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 balanced. 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 #cd8779, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd8779
RGB205, 135, 121
HSL10, 46%, 64%
HSV10, 41%, 80%
CMYK0%, 34%, 41%, 20%
Lab63.08, 25.16, 18.57
XYZ37.29, 31.69, 22.24
Decimal13469561
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone694 C
Pantone694 CHex#cd8779Rgb205 135 121Cmyk0 34 41 20Lab63 25 19Darker#854032Deep#b95945Lighter#deb7b0

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, 34, 41, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd8779 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 34 41 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 35 42 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 #cd8779 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd8779; }
.text { color: #cd8779; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd8779; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd8779 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.86:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.34:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd8779 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 #cd8779 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 #cd8779 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #cd8779 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.