Dark salmon

#cf8a76

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 grounded. 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 #cf8a76, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf8a76
RGB207, 138, 118
HSL13, 48%, 64%
HSV13, 43%, 81%
CMYK0%, 33%, 43%, 19%
Lab63.96, 23.99, 21.48
XYZ38.09, 32.75, 21.45
Decimal13601398
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#cf8a76Rgb207 138 118Cmyk0 33 43 19Lab64 24 21Darker#87432fDeep#bc5d42Lighter#dfb9ae

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, 33, 43, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf8a76 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 33 43 19
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 34 44 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #cf8a76 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf8a76; }
.text { color: #cf8a76; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf8a76; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cf8a76 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.55:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf8a76 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 #cf8a76 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 #cf8a76 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cf8a76 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.