Salmon

#e57a5e

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e57a5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e57a5e

RGB229, 122, 94

HSL12, 72%, 63%

HSV12, 59%, 90%

CMYK0%, 47%, 59%, 10%

Lab62.83, 38.9, 33.85

XYZ41.29, 31.39, 14.47

Decimal15039070

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e16545 #dd502c #cb4421 #b13b1d #983319 #7f2b15 #662210 #4d1a0c #341108 #1a0904

Tints of salmon

#e7866d #ea927b #ec9e8a #eeaa98 #f1b6a7 #f3c2b5 #f5cec4 #f8dad3 #fae6e1 #fdf2f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#5ec9e5 Analogous#e55e85 Analogous#e5be5e Triadic#5ee57a Triadic#7a5ee5 Split complementary#5ee5be Split complementary#5e85e5

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, 47, 59, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e57a5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 59 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 58 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e57a5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e57a5e; }
.text { color: #e57a5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e57a5e; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e57a5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e57a5e 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 #e57a5e 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 #e57a5e 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

Here is how the numbers for #e57a5e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.