Salmon

#d97366

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #d97366, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d97366

RGB217, 115, 102

HSL7, 60%, 63%

HSV7, 53%, 85%

CMYK0%, 47%, 53%, 15%

Lab59.86, 38.56, 25.23

XYZ37.14, 27.97, 16.01

Decimal14250854

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#d35e4f #ce4938 #ba3e2e #a33629 #8c2f23 #75271d #5e1f17 #471812 #30100c #190806

Tints of salmon

#dc8074 #e08c82 #e39990 #e7a69d #eab2ab #eebfb9 #f1ccc7 #f5d9d5 #f8e5e3 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#66ccd9 Analogous#d96693 Analogous#d9ad66 Triadic#66d973 Triadic#7366d9 Split complementary#66d9ad Split complementary#6692d9

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, 47, 53, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d97366 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 53 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 53 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 #d97366 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d97366; }
.text { color: #d97366; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d97366; }

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 #d97366 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d97366 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 #d97366 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 #d97366 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

Here is how the numbers for #d97366 are worked out. 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.