Dark salmon

#e38a6f

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong red sitting at 14 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e38a6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e38a6f

RGB227, 138, 111

HSL14, 67%, 66%

HSV14, 51%, 89%

CMYK0%, 39%, 51%, 11%

Lab66.26, 31.17, 28.85

XYZ43.64, 35.66, 19.62

Decimal14912111

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#de7555 #d9603c #ce4f28 #b44523 #9a3b1e #813119 #672714 #4d1d0f #33140a #1a0a05

Tints of dark salmon

#e6947c #e89f89 #eba996 #edb4a3 #f0beb0 #f2c9bc #f5d3c9 #f7ded6 #fae8e3 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#6fc8e3 Analogous#e36f8e Analogous#e3c46f Triadic#6fe38a Triadic#8a6fe3 Split complementary#6fe3c4 Split complementary#6f8ee3

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 51, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e38a6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 51 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 51 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e38a6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e38a6f; }
.text { color: #e38a6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e38a6f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e38a6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e38a6f 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 #e38a6f 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 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 #e38a6f 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #e38a6f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.