Dark salmon

#d8a38d

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, light and soft. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #d8a38d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d8a38d
RGB216, 163, 141
HSL18, 49%, 70%
HSV18, 35%, 85%
CMYK0%, 25%, 35%, 15%
Lab71.36, 16.64, 19.04
XYZ46.22, 42.72, 31.01
Decimal14197645
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone487 C
Pantone487 CHex#d8a38dRgb216 163 141Cmyk0 25 35 15Lab71 17 19Darker#a05537Deep#c67858Lighter#e8cfc4

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 35, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d8a38d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 25 35 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 27 36 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #d8a38d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d8a38d; }
.text { color: #d8a38d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d8a38d; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d8a38d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.20:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.54:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d8a38d 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 #d8a38d 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 #d8a38d 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

Every value on this page for #d8a38d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.