Dark salmon

#d98e7c

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

Dark 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #d98e7c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d98e7c
RGB217, 142, 124
HSL12, 55%, 67%
HSV12, 43%, 85%
CMYK0%, 35%, 43%, 15%
Lab66.18, 26.4, 21.34
XYZ41.93, 35.55, 23.72
Decimal14257788
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#d98e7cRgb217 142 124Cmyk0 35 43 15Lab66 26 21Darker#9a422dDeep#c95e45Lighter#e6bfb6

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, 35, 43, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d98e7c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 35 43 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 36 44 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 #d98e7c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d98e7c; }
.text { color: #d98e7c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d98e7c; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d98e7c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.11:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d98e7c 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 #d98e7c 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 #d98e7c 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #d98e7c is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.