Dark salmon

#dd9a8f

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

Dark salmon is a light red that reads relaxed. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dd9a8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd9a8f
RGB221, 154, 143
HSL8, 53%, 71%
HSV8, 35%, 87%
CMYK0%, 30%, 35%, 13%
Lab69.8, 23.68, 15.86
XYZ46.33, 40.47, 31.36
Decimal14523023
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone693 C
Pantone693 CHex#dd9a8fRgb221 154 143Cmyk0 30 35 13Lab70 24 16Darker#aa4434Deep#cc6958Lighter#eccdc8

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 35, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd9a8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 30 35 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 32 36 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 #dd9a8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd9a8f; }
.text { color: #dd9a8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd9a8f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dd9a8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.09:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd9a8f 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 #dd9a8f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #dd9a8f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #dd9a8f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.