Dark salmon

#d99989

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

Dark salmon is a mid red that reads confident. 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 #d99989, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d99989

RGB217, 153, 137

HSL12, 51%, 69%

HSV12, 37%, 85%

CMYK0%, 29%, 37%, 15%

Lab69.0, 21.95, 17.99

XYZ44.52, 39.34, 28.91

Decimal14260617

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d18471 #c96f58 #c15a40 #aa4e37 #91432f #793727 #612c1f #482117 #30160f #170b07

Tints of dark salmon

#dca293 #e0ab9e #e3b4a8 #e6bdb3 #eac6bd #edcfc8 #f1d8d2 #f4e1dd #f7eae7 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#89c9d9 Analogous#d989a1 Analogous#d9c189 Triadic#89d999 Triadic#9989d9 Split complementary#89d9c1 Split complementary#89a1d9

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 37, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d99989 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 37 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 38 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 #d99989 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d99989; }
.text { color: #d99989; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d99989; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d99989 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d99989 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 #d99989 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #d99989 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #d99989 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.