Dark salmon

#dca28e

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with soft warmth. 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 #dca28e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca28e

RGB220, 162, 142

HSL15, 53%, 71%

HSV15, 35%, 86%

CMYK0%, 26%, 35%, 14%

Lab71.56, 18.86, 18.83

XYZ47.32, 43.01, 31.4

Decimal14459534

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d48d75 #cc785b #c46442 #af5536 #96492e #7d3d27 #63301f #4a2417 #31180f #170b07

Tints of dark salmon

#dfaa98 #e2b2a2 #e5bbac #e8c3b6 #ebcbc0 #eed3ca #f2dbd4 #f5e3dd #f8ece7 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8ec8dc Analogous#dc8ea1 Analogous#dcc98e Triadic#8edca2 Triadic#a28edc Split complementary#8edcc9 Split complementary#8ea1dc

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 35, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca28e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 35 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 36 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 #dca28e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca28e; }
.text { color: #dca28e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca28e; }

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 #dca28e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca28e 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 #dca28e 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 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 #dca28e 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 #dca28e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.