Salmon

#df8a7d

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

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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #df8a7d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df8a7d
RGB223, 138, 125
HSL8, 60%, 68%
HSV8, 44%, 87%
CMYK0%, 38%, 44%, 13%
Lab66.02, 30.97, 20.69
XYZ43.22, 35.35, 23.95
Decimal14649981
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone170 C
Pantone170 CHex#df8a7dRgb223 138 125Cmyk0 38 44 13Lab66 31 21Darker#a53929Deep#d15644Lighter#eac0b9

Shades of salmon

Tints of salmon

Colors that go with salmon

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, 44, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df8a7d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 38 44 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 39 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.

Salmon in css

Copy #df8a7d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df8a7d; }
.text { color: #df8a7d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df8a7d; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #df8a7d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.07:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df8a7d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #df8a7d 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 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #df8a7d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #df8a7d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.