Dark salmon

#dfaa8a

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 orange at 23 degrees. 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 #dfaa8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfaa8a
RGB223, 170, 138
HSL23, 57%, 71%
HSV23, 38%, 87%
CMYK0%, 24%, 38%, 13%
Lab73.72, 15.26, 24.01
XYZ49.39, 46.27, 30.37
Decimal14658186
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone472 C
Pantone472 CHex#dfaa8aRgb223 170 138Cmyk0 24 38 13Lab74 15 24Darker#ab5e2fDeep#d08152Lighter#ecd3c4

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 24, 38, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfaa8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 24 38 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 26 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 #dfaa8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfaa8a; }
.text { color: #dfaa8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfaa8a; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfaa8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.05:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.25:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfaa8a 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 #dfaa8a 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 #dfaa8a 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 #dfaa8a 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.