Salmon

#e38a7c

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e38a7c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e38a7c

RGB227, 138, 124

HSL8, 65%, 69%

HSV8, 45%, 89%

CMYK0%, 39%, 45%, 11%

Lab66.49, 32.41, 21.97

XYZ44.41, 35.96, 23.67

Decimal14912124

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#dd7262 #d85b47 #d2432d #b83b27 #9d3222 #832a1c #682116 #4e1911 #34110b #190805

Tints of salmon

#e59488 #e89f93 #eaa99f #edb4ab #efbeb6 #f2c8c2 #f4d3cd #f7ddd9 #f9e7e5 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#7cd5e3 Analogous#e37ca2 Analogous#e3bd7c Triadic#7ce38a Triadic#8a7ce3 Split complementary#7ce3bd Split complementary#7ca2e3

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 45, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e38a7c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 45 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 45 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 #e38a7c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e38a7c; }
.text { color: #e38a7c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e38a7c; }

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 #e38a7c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e38a7c 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 #e38a7c 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 #e38a7c 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e38a7c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.