Salmon

#d98372

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 balanced. 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 #d98372, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d98372

RGB217, 131, 114

HSL10, 58%, 65%

HSV10, 47%, 85%

CMYK0%, 40%, 47%, 15%

Lab63.51, 31.27, 23.32

XYZ39.77, 32.2, 20.04

Decimal14254962

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#d36e5a #cc5943 #be4a33 #a6412d #8e3826 #772e20 #5f251a #471c13 #30130d #180906

Tints of salmon

#dc8e7f #e0998b #e3a498 #e7b0a5 #eabbb1 #eec6be #f1d1cb #f4dcd8 #f8e7e4 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#72c8d9 Analogous#d97294 Analogous#d9b772 Triadic#72d983 Triadic#8372d9 Split complementary#72d9b6 Split complementary#7295d9

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, 40, 47, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d98372 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 47 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 47 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 #d98372 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d98372; }
.text { color: #d98372; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d98372; }

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 #d98372 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d98372 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 #d98372 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 #d98372 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 #d98372 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.