Salmon

#d8796b

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #d8796b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8796b

RGB216, 121, 107

HSL8, 58%, 63%

HSV8, 50%, 85%

CMYK0%, 44%, 50%, 15%

Lab61.08, 35.5, 23.99

XYZ37.81, 29.34, 17.58

Decimal14186859

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#d26454 #cc4f3d #ba4331 #a33a2b #8c3225 #752a1f #5e2219 #471913 #2f110c #180906

Tints of salmon

#dc8578 #df9186 #e39d93 #e6a9a1 #eab6ae #edc2bb #f1cec9 #f4dad6 #f8e6e3 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6bcad8 Analogous#d86b93 Analogous#d8b06b Triadic#6bd879 Triadic#796bd8 Split complementary#6bd8af Split complementary#6b94d8

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, 44, 50, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8796b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 50 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 50 21

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 #d8796b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8796b; }
.text { color: #d8796b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8796b; }

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 #d8796b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8796b 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 #d8796b 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 #d8796b 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

Every value on this page for #d8796b is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.