Dark salmon

#dfafa0

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 soft. 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 #dfafa0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfafa0
RGB223, 175, 160
HSL14, 50%, 75%
HSV14, 28%, 87%
CMYK0%, 22%, 28%, 13%
Lab75.38, 15.34, 14.38
XYZ52.11, 48.89, 39.95
Decimal14659488
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone487 C
Pantone487 CHex#dfafa0Rgb223 175 160Cmyk0 22 28 13Lab75 15 14Darker#b4593dDeep#cd826bLighter#f0ddd7

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, 22, 28, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfafa0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 22 28 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 24 30 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 #dfafa0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfafa0; }
.text { color: #dfafa0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfafa0; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfafa0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.78:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfafa0 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 #dfafa0 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 #dfafa0 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

Every value on this page for #dfafa0 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.