Dark salmon

#dd856b

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong red sitting at 14 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dd856b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd856b

RGB221, 133, 107

HSL14, 63%, 64%

HSV14, 52%, 87%

CMYK0%, 40%, 52%, 13%

Lab64.33, 31.11, 28.4

XYZ40.86, 33.21, 18.17

Decimal14517611

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d77153 #d25d3b #c24f2d #aa4527 #923b21 #7a311c #612816 #491e11 #31140b #190a06

Tints of dark salmon

#e09078 #e39b86 #e6a693 #e9b1a0 #ecbcae #efc7bb #f2d2c8 #f6ddd6 #f9e8e3 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6bc3dd Analogous#dd6b8a Analogous#ddbe6b Triadic#6bdd85 Triadic#856bdd Split complementary#6bddbe Split complementary#6b8add

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 52, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd856b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 52 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 52 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dd856b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd856b; }
.text { color: #dd856b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd856b; }

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 #dd856b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd856b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dd856b 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dd856b 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 #dd856b is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.