Salmon

#e47667

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads grounded. 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 #e47667, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e47667

RGB228, 118, 103

HSL7, 70%, 65%

HSV7, 55%, 89%

CMYK0%, 48%, 55%, 11%

Lab62.02, 41.24, 27.79

XYZ40.92, 30.43, 16.55

Decimal14972519

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#df5f4d #db4834 #cd3924 #b33120 #9a2a1b #802317 #671c12 #4d150e #330e09 #1a0705

Tints of salmon

#e68275 #e98f82 #eb9b90 #eea79e #f0b4ab #f3c0b9 #f5ccc7 #f7d9d4 #fae5e2 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#67d5e4 Analogous#e46797 Analogous#e4b467 Triadic#67e476 Triadic#7667e4 Split complementary#67e4b5 Split complementary#6796e4

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 55, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e47667 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 55 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 55 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 #e47667 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e47667; }
.text { color: #e47667; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e47667; }

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 #e47667 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e47667 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 #e47667 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 #e47667 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

The figures for #e47667 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 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.