Dark salmon

#db9983

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #db9983, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db9983
RGB219, 153, 131
HSL15, 55%, 69%
HSV15, 40%, 86%
CMYK0%, 30%, 40%, 14%
Lab69.1, 22.03, 21.48
XYZ44.7, 39.48, 26.74
Decimal14391683
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#db9983Rgb219 153 131Cmyk0 30 40 14Lab69 22 21Darker#a14b2fDeep#cb6b4cLighter#e9c8bd

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 40, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db9983 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 30 40 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 32 41 20
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 #db9983 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db9983; }
.text { color: #db9983; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db9983; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #db9983 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.90:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db9983 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 #db9983 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 #db9983 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #db9983 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.