Dark salmon

#e2ada1

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 red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e2ada1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2ada1

RGB226, 173, 161

HSL11, 53%, 76%

HSV11, 29%, 89%

CMYK0%, 23%, 29%, 11%

Lab75.22, 17.68, 13.65

XYZ52.74, 48.63, 40.32

Decimal14855585

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of dark salmon

#da9586 #d17d6b #c9664f #bb513a #a04631 #843a29 #692e20 #4e2218 #331610 #170a07

Tints of dark salmon

#e4b4a9 #e7bbb1 #e9c2b9 #ecc9c1 #eed0c9 #f1d7d1 #f3ded9 #f6e5e1 #f8ece9 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a1d6e2 Analogous#e2a1b5 Analogous#e2cea1 Triadic#a1e2ad Triadic#ada1e2 Split complementary#a1e2ce Split complementary#a1b5e2

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 29, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2ada1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 29 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 31 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e2ada1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2ada1; }
.text { color: #e2ada1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2ada1; }

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 #e2ada1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2ada1 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 #e2ada1 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 #e2ada1 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 #e2ada1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.