Salmon

#dd796d

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads grounded. 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #dd796d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd796d

RGB221, 121, 109

HSL6, 62%, 65%

HSV6, 51%, 87%

CMYK0%, 45%, 51%, 13%

Lab61.78, 37.59, 23.92

XYZ39.42, 30.15, 18.21

Decimal14514541

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#d76355 #d24c3c #c33d2d #ab3628 #922e22 #7a261c #621f17 #491711 #310f0b #190806

Tints of salmon

#e0857a #e39187 #e69d94 #e9a9a2 #ecb5af #efc1bc #f2cdc9 #f6dad6 #f9e6e3 #fcf2f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6dd1dd Analogous#dd6d99 Analogous#ddb16d Triadic#6ddd79 Triadic#796ddd Split complementary#6dddb1 Split complementary#6d99dd

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, 45, 51, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd796d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 51 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 51 19

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.

Salmon in css

Copy #dd796d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd796d; }
.text { color: #dd796d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd796d; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dd796d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd796d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dd796d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dd796d 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #dd796d is computed, not guessed. 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.