Salmon

#d27e6b

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

This is Salmon, a soft red sitting at 11 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #d27e6b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d27e6b

RGB210, 126, 107

HSL11, 53%, 62%

HSV11, 49%, 82%

CMYK0%, 40%, 49%, 18%

Lab61.38, 30.53, 24.25

XYZ36.69, 29.68, 17.71

Decimal13794923

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#cb6b55 #c5583f #b14d36 #9b432f #853a29 #6f3022 #59271b #431d14 #2d140e #170a07

Tints of salmon

#d68a78 #da9586 #dea193 #e2ada1 #e6b9ae #ebc4bc #efd0c9 #f3dcd6 #f7e7e4 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6bbfd2 Analogous#d26b8b Analogous#d2b26b Triadic#6bd27e Triadic#7e6bd2 Split complementary#6bd2b2 Split complementary#6b8bd2

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, 40, 49, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d27e6b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 49 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 49 24

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.

Salmon in css

Copy #d27e6b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d27e6b; }
.text { color: #d27e6b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d27e6b; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d27e6b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d27e6b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d27e6b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d27e6b 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #d27e6b 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.