Dark salmon

#d4a284

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 22 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #d4a284, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d4a284
RGB212, 162, 132
HSL22, 48%, 67%
HSV22, 38%, 83%
CMYK0%, 24%, 38%, 17%
Lab70.53, 14.52, 22.75
XYZ44.24, 41.5, 27.51
Decimal13935236
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone4655 C
Pantone4655 CHex#d4a284Rgb212 162 132Cmyk0 24 38 17Lab71 15 23Darker#955834Deep#c27a4fLighter#e4cbbb

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, 24, 38, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d4a284 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 24 38 17
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 26 39 23
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 #d4a284 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d4a284; }
.text { color: #d4a284; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d4a284; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d4a284 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.30:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d4a284 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 #d4a284 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 #d4a284 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 #d4a284 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.