Dark salmon

#dd8e7e

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 10 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 #dd8e7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd8e7e

RGB221, 142, 126

HSL10, 58%, 68%

HSV10, 43%, 87%

CMYK0%, 36%, 43%, 13%

Lab66.69, 28.17, 21.01

XYZ43.26, 36.22, 24.45

Decimal14519934

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d67865 #d0624c #c74d35 #ae442e #953a27 #7c3021 #63271a #4a1d14 #31130d #180906

Tints of dark salmon

#e09889 #e3a295 #e6aca0 #e9b6ac #ecc0b7 #efcac3 #f2d4ce #f5dfda #f8e9e5 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#7ecddd Analogous#dd7e9d Analogous#ddbe7e Triadic#7edd8e Triadic#8e7edd Split complementary#7eddbe Split complementary#7e9ddd

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 43, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd8e7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 43 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 44 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 #dd8e7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd8e7e; }
.text { color: #dd8e7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd8e7e; }

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 #dd8e7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd8e7e 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 #dd8e7e 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 #dd8e7e 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 #dd8e7e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.