Dark salmon

#dba38a

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

This is Dark salmon, a soft orange at 19 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #dba38a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dba38a

RGB219, 163, 138

HSL19, 53%, 70%

HSV19, 37%, 86%

CMYK0%, 26%, 37%, 14%

Lab71.62, 17.45, 21.08

XYZ46.9, 43.09, 29.89

Decimal14394250

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d38f71 #cc7c58 #c4683f #ad5a35 #944d2e #7b4026 #62331e #492617 #30190f #170c07

Tints of dark salmon

#deab94 #e1b39f #e5bba9 #e8c4b3 #ebccbe #eed4c8 #f1dcd2 #f4e4dd #f8ece7 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8ac2db Analogous#db8a99 Analogous#dbcc8a Triadic#8adba3 Triadic#a38adb Split complementary#8adbcb Split complementary#8a9adb

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 37, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dba38a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 37 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 38 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dba38a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dba38a; }
.text { color: #dba38a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dba38a; }

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 #dba38a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dba38a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dba38a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dba38a 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

Every value on this page for #dba38a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.