Dark salmon

#e4a58c

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with soft warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e4a58c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4a58c

RGB228, 165, 140

HSL17, 62%, 72%

HSV17, 39%, 89%

CMYK0%, 28%, 39%, 11%

Lab73.09, 20.12, 22.16

XYZ50.18, 45.3, 30.91

Decimal14984588

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#de9071 #d77a55 #d1653a #bd552c #a14926 #863d1f #6b3019 #4f2413 #34180c #190b06

Tints of dark salmon

#e6ad96 #e9b5a0 #ebbdaa #edc4b4 #f0ccbe #f2d4c8 #f5dcd2 #f7e4dc #f9ece6 #fcf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8ccbe4 Analogous#e48c9f Analogous#e4d18c Triadic#8ce4a5 Triadic#a58ce4 Split complementary#8ce4d1 Split complementary#8c9fe4

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, 28, 39, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4a58c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 39 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 40 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 #e4a58c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4a58c; }
.text { color: #e4a58c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4a58c; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4a58c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4a58c 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 #e4a58c 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 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 #e4a58c 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

Every value on this page for #e4a58c is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.