Dark salmon

#dca78c

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 20 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dca78c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca78c

RGB220, 167, 140

HSL20, 53%, 71%

HSV20, 36%, 86%

CMYK0%, 24%, 36%, 14%

Lab72.72, 15.92, 21.52

XYZ48.07, 44.75, 30.91

Decimal14460812

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d49473 #cd8059 #c56d40 #af5e35 #96512e #7c4326 #63351e #4a2817 #311a0f #170d07

Tints of dark salmon

#dfaf96 #e2b7a0 #e5beaa #e8c6b5 #ebcebf #efd6c9 #f2ddd3 #f5e5dd #f8ede7 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8cc1dc Analogous#dc8c99 Analogous#dccf8c Triadic#8cdca7 Triadic#a78cdc Split complementary#8cdccf Split complementary#8c99dc

Dark salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 36, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca78c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 36 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 37 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 #dca78c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca78c; }
.text { color: #dca78c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca78c; }

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 #dca78c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca78c 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 #dca78c 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 #dca78c 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dca78c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.