Dark salmon

#dd8a70

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #dd8a70, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd8a70

RGB221, 138, 112

HSL14, 62%, 65%

HSV14, 49%, 87%

CMYK0%, 38%, 49%, 13%

Lab65.53, 28.91, 27.21

XYZ41.83, 34.72, 19.83

Decimal14518896

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d77658 #d1623f #c4522f #ab4829 #933e23 #7a331d #622917 #4a1f11 #31150c #190a06

Tints of dark salmon

#e0957d #e39f8a #e6aa97 #e9b4a3 #ecbfb0 #efc9bd #f2d4ca #f5ded7 #f9e9e4 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#70c3dd Analogous#dd708c Analogous#ddc170 Triadic#70dd8a Triadic#8a70dd Split complementary#70ddc1 Split complementary#708cdd

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, 38, 49, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd8a70 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 49 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 49 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dd8a70 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd8a70; }
.text { color: #dd8a70; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd8a70; }

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 #dd8a70 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd8a70 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 #dd8a70 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 #dd8a70 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

The figures for #dd8a70 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.