Dark salmon

#d78873

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 confident. 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 #d78873, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d78873

RGB215, 136, 115

HSL13, 56%, 65%

HSV13, 47%, 84%

CMYK0%, 37%, 47%, 16%

Lab64.4, 27.91, 23.91

XYZ39.92, 33.29, 20.54

Decimal14125171

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d0745c #ca6044 #bb5135 #a4472f #8c3d28 #753321 #5e291b #461f14 #2f150d #180a07

Tints of dark salmon

#db9380 #de9d8c #e2a899 #e5b3a5 #e9beb2 #edc8bf #f0d3cb #f4ded8 #f7e8e5 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#73c2d7 Analogous#d77390 Analogous#d7ba73 Triadic#73d788 Triadic#8873d7 Split complementary#73d7ba Split complementary#7390d7

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, 37, 47, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d78873 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 47 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 47 22

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 #d78873 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d78873; }
.text { color: #d78873; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d78873; }

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 #d78873 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d78873 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 #d78873 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 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 #d78873 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 #d78873 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.