Dark salmon

#dca98e

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 #dca98e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca98e
RGB220, 169, 142
HSL21, 53%, 71%
HSV21, 35%, 86%
CMYK0%, 23%, 35%, 14%
Lab73.25, 15.09, 21.15
XYZ48.59, 45.54, 31.82
Decimal14461326
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone487 C
Pantone487 CHex#dca98eRgb220 169 142Cmyk0 23 35 14Lab73 15 21Darker#a75c34Deep#cb8057Lighter#ebd3c7

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 23, 35, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca98e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 23 35 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 25 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 #dca98e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca98e; }
.text { color: #dca98e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca98e; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dca98e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.08:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.11:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca98e 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 #dca98e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #dca98e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #dca98e is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.