Salmon

#dd836f

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 balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #dd836f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd836f

RGB221, 131, 111

HSL11, 62%, 65%

HSV11, 50%, 87%

CMYK0%, 41%, 50%, 13%

Lab63.96, 32.53, 25.69

XYZ40.8, 32.75, 19.21

Decimal14517103

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#d76e57 #d1593e #c3492e #ab4028 #933723 #7a2e1d #622517 #4a1c11 #31120c #190906

Tints of salmon

#e08e7c #e39989 #e6a496 #e9b0a3 #ecbbb0 #efc6bd #f2d1ca #f5dcd7 #f9e7e4 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6fc9dd Analogous#dd6f92 Analogous#ddba6f Triadic#6fdd83 Triadic#836fdd Split complementary#6fddba Split complementary#6f92dd

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, 41, 50, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd836f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 50 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 50 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #dd836f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd836f; }
.text { color: #dd836f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd836f; }

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 #dd836f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd836f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dd836f 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dd836f 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

The figures for #dd836f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.