Salmon

#e36d63

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 #e36d63, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e36d63

RGB227, 109, 99

HSL5, 70%, 64%

HSV5, 56%, 89%

CMYK0%, 52%, 56%, 11%

Lab60.04, 45.05, 27.43

XYZ39.4, 28.17, 15.16

Decimal14904675

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#df564a #da3e31 #c93124 #b02b20 #97251b #7e1f17 #651912 #4c130e #330c09 #1a0605

Tints of salmon

#e67a71 #e8877f #eb958d #eda29b #f0afa9 #f2bcb8 #f5c9c6 #f7d6d4 #fae4e2 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#63d9e3 Analogous#e36399 Analogous#e3ad63 Triadic#63e36d Triadic#6d63e3 Split complementary#63e3ad Split complementary#6399e3

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 56, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e36d63 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 56 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 56 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 #e36d63 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e36d63; }
.text { color: #e36d63; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e36d63; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e36d63 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e36d63 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 #e36d63 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 #e36d63 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

Every value on this page for #e36d63 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.