Dark salmon

#dfac99

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 #dfac99, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfac99

RGB223, 172, 153

HSL16, 52%, 74%

HSV16, 31%, 87%

CMYK0%, 23%, 31%, 13%

Lab74.5, 16.02, 16.96

XYZ50.93, 47.49, 36.62

Decimal14658713

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d7977f #cf8164 #c66c4a #b55b39 #9b4d31 #804028 #663320 #4c2618 #321910 #170c07

Tints of dark salmon

#e2b3a2 #e5baab #e7c2b4 #eac9bc #edd0c5 #f0d7ce #f2ded7 #f5e6e0 #f8ede9 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#99ccdf Analogous#df99a9 Analogous#dfcf99 Triadic#99dfac Triadic#ac99df Split complementary#99dfcf Split complementary#99a9df

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, 23, 31, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfac99 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 31 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 33 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #dfac99 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfac99; }
.text { color: #dfac99; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfac99; }

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 #dfac99 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfac99 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dfac99 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dfac99 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 #dfac99 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.