Dark salmon

#df9b8a

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, light and strong. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #df9b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df9b8a
RGB223, 155, 138
HSL12, 57%, 71%
HSV12, 38%, 87%
CMYK0%, 30%, 38%, 13%
Lab70.15, 23.31, 19.14
XYZ46.74, 40.97, 29.49
Decimal14654346
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#df9b8aRgb223 155 138Cmyk0 30 38 13Lab70 23 19Darker#ab482fDeep#d06b52Lighter#ecccc4

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, 38, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df9b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 30 38 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 32 39 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 #df9b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df9b8a; }
.text { color: #df9b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df9b8a; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #df9b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.19:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df9b8a 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 #df9b8a 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 #df9b8a 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #df9b8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.