Salmon

#da8576

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 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #da8576, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#da8576
RGB218, 133, 118
HSL9, 57%, 66%
HSV9, 46%, 85%
CMYK0%, 39%, 46%, 15%
Lab64.15, 30.99, 21.97
XYZ40.57, 32.99, 21.37
Decimal14321014
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone170 C
Pantone170 CHex#da8576Rgb218 133 118Cmyk0 39 46 15Lab64 31 22Darker#983a29Deep#cb533eLighter#e6b9b1

Shades of salmon

Tints of salmon

Colors that go with salmon

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 46, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #da8576 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 39 46 15
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 40 46 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 #da8576 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #da8576; }
.text { color: #da8576; }
.border { border: 2px solid #da8576; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #da8576 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.76:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.60:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #da8576 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 #da8576 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 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 #da8576 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #da8576 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.