Dark salmon

#e38e78

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e38e78, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e38e78
RGB227, 142, 120
HSL12, 66%, 68%
HSV12, 47%, 89%
CMYK0%, 37%, 47%, 11%
Lab67.3, 29.89, 25.28
XYZ44.74, 37.03, 22.56
Decimal14913144
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone170 C
Pantone170 CHex#e38e78Rgb227 142 120Cmyk0 37 47 11Lab67 30 25Darker#a93f23Deep#d75d3dLighter#ecc1b6

Shades of dark salmon

#de785e#d86244#d14d2b#b74426#9c3a20#82301b#682716#4e1d10#34130b#190905

Tints of dark salmon

#e59884#e8a290#eaac9c#edb6a8#efc0b4#f2cac0#f4d4cc#f7dfd8#f9e9e4#fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#78cde3Analogous#e37897Analogous#e3c478Triadic#78e38eTriadic#8e78e3Split complementary#78e3c3Split complementary#7898e3

Dark 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, 37, 47, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e38e78 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 37 47 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 38 47 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 #e38e78 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e38e78; }
.text { color: #e38e78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e38e78; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e38e78 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.41:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e38e78 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 #e38e78 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e38e78 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e38e78 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.