Dark salmon

#dc836a

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong red sitting at 13 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dc836a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc836a

RGB220, 131, 106

HSL13, 62%, 64%

HSV13, 52%, 86%

CMYK0%, 40%, 52%, 14%

Lab63.74, 31.69, 28.16

XYZ40.23, 32.49, 17.79

Decimal14451562

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d66f52 #d15b3a #c04d2d #a84428 #903a22 #78311c #612717 #491d11 #31140b #190a06

Tints of dark salmon

#df8e77 #e29985 #e5a592 #e9b0a0 #ecbbad #efc6bb #f2d1c8 #f5ddd6 #f8e8e3 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6ac3dc Analogous#dc6a8a Analogous#dcbc6a Triadic#6adc83 Triadic#836adc Split complementary#6adcbc Split complementary#6a8adc

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 52, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc836a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 52 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 52 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 #dc836a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc836a; }
.text { color: #dc836a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc836a; }

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 #dc836a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc836a 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 #dc836a 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 #dc836a 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 #dc836a 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.