Dark salmon

#cf9a8b

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 red sitting at 13 degrees on the wheel. 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 #cf9a8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cf9a8b

RGB207, 154, 139

HSL13, 41%, 68%

HSV13, 33%, 81%

CMYK0%, 26%, 33%, 19%

Lab68.2, 17.76, 15.61

XYZ41.95, 38.24, 29.6

Decimal13605515

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of dark salmon

#c68775 #bd735e #b2614a #9b5440 #854837 #6f3c2e #593025 #42241b #2c1812 #160c09

Tints of dark salmon

#d3a395 #d8aca0 #dcb5aa #e0beb4 #e4c7bf #e9d0c9 #edd9d3 #f1e2de #f5ebe8 #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8bc0cf Analogous#cf8b9e Analogous#cfbc8b Triadic#8bcf9a Triadic#9a8bcf Split complementary#8bcfbc Split complementary#8b9ecf

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, 26, 33, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cf9a8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 33 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 34 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 #cf9a8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cf9a8b; }
.text { color: #cf9a8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cf9a8b; }

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 #cf9a8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cf9a8b 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 #cf9a8b 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 #cf9a8b 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

The figures for #cf9a8b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.