Dark salmon

#e5b4a4

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, light and strong. 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 #e5b4a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5b4a4

RGB229, 180, 164

HSL15, 56%, 77%

HSV15, 28%, 90%

CMYK0%, 21%, 28%, 10%

Lab77.27, 15.48, 14.95

XYZ55.34, 51.98, 42.24

Decimal15053988

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#dd9d88 #d5866c #cd6e4f #c15937 #a54c2f #893f27 #6c321f #502517 #34180f #180b07

Tints of dark salmon

#e7baac #e9c1b3 #ecc7bb #eecdc3 #f0d4cb #f2dad2 #f4e0da #f7e7e2 #f9ede9 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a4d5e5 Analogous#e5a4b5 Analogous#e5d5a4 Triadic#a4e5b4 Triadic#b4a4e5 Split complementary#a4e5d4 Split complementary#a4b5e5

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 28, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5b4a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 28 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 30 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e5b4a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5b4a4; }
.text { color: #e5b4a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5b4a4; }

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 #e5b4a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5b4a4 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 #e5b4a4 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 #e5b4a4 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e5b4a4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.