Light salmon

#e5a37b

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

Light salmon is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e5a37b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5a37b

RGB229, 163, 123

HSL23, 67%, 69%

HSV23, 46%, 90%

CMYK0%, 29%, 46%, 10%

Lab72.42, 19.77, 30.46

XYZ48.99, 44.28, 24.7

Decimal15049595

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e09060 #da7e45 #d56b2a #bb5d25 #a0501f #85421a #6a3515 #4f2810 #341a0a #1a0d05

Tints of light salmon

#e7ab87 #eab392 #ecbb9e #eec4aa #f1ccb6 #f3d4c1 #f5dccd #f7e4d9 #faece4 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#7bbde5 Analogous#e57b88 Analogous#e5d87b Triadic#7be5a3 Triadic#a37be5 Split complementary#7be5d8 Split complementary#7b88e5

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 46, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5a37b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 46 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 46 16

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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #e5a37b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5a37b; }
.text { color: #e5a37b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5a37b; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e5a37b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5a37b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e5a37b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e5a37b 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #e5a37b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.