Dark salmon

#cd9986

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 16 degrees. 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 #cd9986, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd9986

RGB205, 153, 134

HSL16, 42%, 66%

HSV16, 35%, 80%

CMYK0%, 25%, 35%, 20%

Lab67.64, 16.89, 17.57

XYZ40.87, 37.48, 27.64

Decimal13474182

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone4725 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c48770 #bb745a #ae6348 #99573f #834b36 #6d3e2d #573224 #41251b #2b1912 #160c09

Tints of dark salmon

#d1a291 #d6ab9c #dab4a7 #dfbeb1 #e3c7bc #e8d0c7 #ecd9d2 #f1e2dd #f5ebe8 #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#86bacd Analogous#cd8697 Analogous#cdbd86 Triadic#86cd99 Triadic#9986cd Split complementary#86cdbc Split complementary#8697cd

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 35, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd9986 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 35 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 36 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 #cd9986 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd9986; }
.text { color: #cd9986; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd9986; }

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 #cd9986 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd9986 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 #cd9986 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 #cd9986 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

Here is how the numbers for #cd9986 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.