Salmon

#da7464

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 #da7464, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da7464

RGB218, 116, 100

HSL8, 61%, 62%

HSV8, 54%, 85%

CMYK0%, 47%, 54%, 15%

Lab60.17, 38.25, 26.8

XYZ37.46, 28.32, 15.55

Decimal14316644

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#d45f4d #cf4a36 #bb402d #a43827 #8d3022 #76281c #5e2017 #471811 #30100b #190806

Tints of salmon

#dd8172 #e18d80 #e49a8e #e7a69c #ebb3aa #eec0b8 #f1ccc6 #f5d9d4 #f8e5e3 #fcf2f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#64cada Analogous#da648f Analogous#daaf64 Triadic#64da74 Triadic#7464da Split complementary#64daaf Split complementary#648fda

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 47, 54, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da7464 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 54 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 54 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 #da7464 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da7464; }
.text { color: #da7464; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da7464; }

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 #da7464 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da7464 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 #da7464 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 #da7464 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 #da7464 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.