Dark salmon

#dfaf96

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

This is Dark salmon, a soft orange at 21 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 #dfaf96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfaf96

RGB223, 175, 150

HSL21, 53%, 73%

HSV21, 33%, 87%

CMYK0%, 22%, 33%, 13%

Lab75.17, 14.03, 19.51

XYZ51.27, 48.55, 35.52

Decimal14659478

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d79b7c #cf8762 #c77347 #b56237 #9b542f #804627 #66371f #4c2917 #321b0f #170d07

Tints of dark salmon

#e2b69f #e5bda8 #e7c4b1 #eacbbb #edd2c4 #f0d9cd #f2e0d6 #f5e7df #f8eee8 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#96c6df Analogous#df96a1 Analogous#dfd496 Triadic#96dfaf Triadic#af96df Split complementary#96dfd4 Split complementary#96a1df

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, 22, 33, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfaf96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 33 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 34 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 #dfaf96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfaf96; }
.text { color: #dfaf96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfaf96; }

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 #dfaf96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfaf96 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 #dfaf96 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 #dfaf96 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

The figures for #dfaf96 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.