Salmon

#e0806b

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e0806b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e0806b
RGB224, 128, 107
HSL11, 65%, 65%
HSV11, 52%, 88%
CMYK0%, 43%, 52%, 12%
Lab63.63, 34.91, 27.55
XYZ41.11, 32.35, 17.99
Decimal14712939
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone170 C
Pantone170 CHex#e0806bRgb224 128 107Cmyk0 43 52 12Lab64 35 28Darker#9c3721Deep#d44d30Lighter#e9b5aa

Shades of salmon

Tints of salmon

Colors that go with salmon

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 52, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e0806b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 43 52 12
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 44 52 18
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.

Salmon in css

Copy #e0806b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e0806b; }
.text { color: #e0806b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0806b; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e0806b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.81:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.47:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e0806b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e0806b 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 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e0806b and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e0806b are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.