Dark salmon

#cd8e6d

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 #cd8e6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd8e6d

RGB205, 142, 109

HSL21, 49%, 62%

HSV21, 47%, 80%

CMYK0%, 31%, 47%, 20%

Lab64.51, 20.07, 27.16

XYZ37.61, 33.43, 18.94

Decimal13471341

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4655 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c67e58 #bf6d43 #ab613a #955533 #80492c #6b3d25 #56311d #412516 #2c190f #170d08

Tints of dark salmon

#d2987a #d6a388 #dbad95 #dfb7a2 #e4c1af #e8ccbd #edd6ca #f1e0d7 #f6eae4 #faf5f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6daccd Analogous#cd6d7c Analogous#cdbe6d Triadic#6dcd8e Triadic#8e6dcd Split complementary#6dcdbe Split complementary#6d7ccd

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 47, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd8e6d 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 #cd8e6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd8e6d; }
.text { color: #cd8e6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd8e6d; }

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 #cd8e6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd8e6d 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 #cd8e6d 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 #cd8e6d 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 #cd8e6d is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.