Dark salmon

#e3aba0

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, light and soft. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e3aba0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e3aba0
RGB227, 171, 160
HSL10, 54%, 76%
HSV10, 30%, 89%
CMYK0%, 25%, 30%, 11%
Lab74.82, 19.0, 13.65
XYZ52.59, 47.99, 39.75
Decimal14920608
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone693 C
Pantone693 CHex#e3aba0Rgb227 171 160Cmyk0 25 30 11Lab75 19 14Darker#bd4d38Deep#d37a69Lighter#f2ddd9

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 30, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e3aba0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 25 30 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 27 32 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 #e3aba0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e3aba0; }
.text { color: #e3aba0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e3aba0; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e3aba0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.98:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.60:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e3aba0 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 #e3aba0 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 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 #e3aba0 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

The figures for #e3aba0 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.