Dark salmon

#de9f87

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with soft warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #de9f87, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de9f87

RGB222, 159, 135

HSL17, 57%, 70%

HSV17, 39%, 87%

CMYK0%, 28%, 39%, 13%

Lab70.92, 20.43, 21.82

XYZ46.9, 42.08, 28.57

Decimal14589831

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d78b6d #d07654 #c9623a #b25431 #98482a #7e3c23 #65301c #4b2415 #32180e #180b07

Tints of dark salmon

#e1a792 #e4b09c #e7b8a7 #eac1b1 #edc9bc #efd2c7 #f2dad1 #f5e3dc #f8ebe6 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#87c6de Analogous#de879a Analogous#decb87 Triadic#87de9f Triadic#9f87de Split complementary#87decb Split complementary#879bde

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 39, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de9f87 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 39 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 40 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 #de9f87 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de9f87; }
.text { color: #de9f87; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de9f87; }

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 #de9f87 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de9f87 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 #de9f87 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 #de9f87 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #de9f87 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.