Dark salmon

#cd9f82

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 23 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 #cd9f82, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd9f82
RGB205, 159, 130
HSL23, 43%, 66%
HSV23, 37%, 80%
CMYK0%, 22%, 37%, 20%
Lab69.03, 13.13, 21.69
XYZ41.6, 39.39, 26.53
Decimal13475714
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone4655 C
Pantone4655 CHex#cd9f82Rgb205 159 130Cmyk0 22 37 20Lab69 13 22Darker#895737Deep#b9784fLighter#dfc7b7

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, 22, 37, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd9f82 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 22 37 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 24 38 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 #cd9f82 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd9f82; }
.text { color: #cd9f82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd9f82; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd9f82 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.88:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd9f82 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 #cd9f82 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 #cd9f82 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 #cd9f82 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. 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.