Dark salmon

#dc9883

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

Dark 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dc9883, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc9883

RGB220, 152, 131

HSL14, 56%, 69%

HSV14, 40%, 86%

CMYK0%, 31%, 40%, 14%

Lab68.98, 22.96, 21.33

XYZ44.84, 39.31, 26.7

Decimal14456963

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d5836a #ce6e51 #c75a38 #ae4e31 #95432a #7c3823 #632d1c #4a2115 #31160e #180b07

Tints of dark salmon

#dfa18e #e2aa99 #e5b3a4 #e8bdaf #ecc6ba #efcfc5 #f2d8d0 #f5e1db #f8eae6 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#83c7dc Analogous#dc839b Analogous#dcc483 Triadic#83dc98 Triadic#9883dc Split complementary#83dcc4 Split complementary#839adc

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 40, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc9883 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 40 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dc9883 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc9883; }
.text { color: #dc9883; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc9883; }

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 #dc9883 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc9883 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 #dc9883 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 #dc9883 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

The figures for #dc9883 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.