Dark salmon

#de8a71

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 #de8a71, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de8a71

RGB222, 138, 113

HSL14, 62%, 66%

HSV14, 49%, 87%

CMYK0%, 38%, 49%, 13%

Lab65.67, 29.4, 26.87

XYZ42.19, 34.9, 20.14

Decimal14584433

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d87658 #d36140 #c6512e #ad4728 #943d22 #7c321d #632817 #4a1e11 #32140c #190a06

Tints of dark salmon

#e1957e #e49f8b #e7aa97 #eab4a4 #edbfb1 #f0c9be #f3d4ca #f6ded7 #f9e9e4 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#71c5de Analogous#de718e Analogous#dec171 Triadic#71de8a Triadic#8a71de Split complementary#71dec1 Split complementary#718ede

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 #de8a71 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #de8a71 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de8a71; }
.text { color: #de8a71; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de8a71; }

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 #de8a71 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de8a71 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 #de8a71 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 #de8a71 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

Here is how the numbers for #de8a71 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.