Dark salmon

#ce947e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark salmon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, mid and soft. 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 #ce947e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ce947e
RGB206, 148, 126
HSL17, 45%, 65%
HSV17, 39%, 81%
CMYK0%, 28%, 39%, 19%
Lab66.37, 19.04, 20.29
XYZ39.81, 35.81, 24.55
Decimal13538430
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#ce947eRgb206 148 126Cmyk0 28 39 19Lab66 19 20Darker#894b34Deep#ba694aLighter#dfc0b4

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, 28, 39, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ce947e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 28 39 19
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 30 40 25
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ce947e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ce947e; }
.text { color: #ce947e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ce947e; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ce947e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.57:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
8.16:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ce947e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ce947e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ce947e 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

Here is how the numbers for #ce947e are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.