Dark salmon

#dca78f

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dca78f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca78f

RGB220, 167, 143

HSL19, 52%, 71%

HSV19, 35%, 86%

CMYK0%, 24%, 35%, 14%

Lab72.78, 16.29, 19.97

XYZ48.29, 44.84, 32.1

Decimal14460815

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d49376 #cc7f5c #c46b43 #af5c37 #964f2f #7d4227 #63341f #4a2717 #311a0f #170c07

Tints of dark salmon

#dfaf99 #e2b6a3 #e5bead #e8c6b6 #ebcec0 #eed5ca #f2ddd4 #f5e5de #f8ede8 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8fc4dc Analogous#dc8f9e Analogous#dcce8f Triadic#8fdca7 Triadic#a78fdc Split complementary#8fdcce Split complementary#8f9edc

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 35, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca78f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 35 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dca78f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca78f; }
.text { color: #dca78f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca78f; }

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 #dca78f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca78f 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 #dca78f 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 #dca78f 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 #dca78f 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.