Salmon

#e28576

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 8 degrees on the wheel. 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 #e28576, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e28576

RGB226, 133, 118

HSL8, 65%, 67%

HSV8, 48%, 89%

CMYK0%, 41%, 48%, 11%

Lab65.16, 34.07, 23.5

XYZ43.02, 34.25, 21.48

Decimal14845302

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#dd6e5c #d75742 #ce422c #b43a26 #9b3221 #81291b #672116 #4d1910 #33100b #190805

Tints of salmon

#e59082 #e79b8e #eaa69b #ecb1a7 #efbbb3 #f2c6bf #f4d1cc #f7dcd8 #f9e7e4 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#76d3e2 Analogous#e2769d Analogous#e2bb76 Triadic#76e285 Triadic#8576e2 Split complementary#76e2bb Split complementary#769de2

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, 41, 48, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e28576 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 48 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 48 17

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 #e28576 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e28576; }
.text { color: #e28576; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e28576; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e28576 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e28576 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 #e28576 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #e28576 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e28576 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.