Salmon

#e68474

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 8 degrees on the wheel. 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 #e68474, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e68474

RGB230, 132, 116

HSL8, 70%, 68%

HSV8, 50%, 90%

CMYK0%, 43%, 50%, 10%

Lab65.43, 35.93, 25.06

XYZ44.04, 34.59, 20.88

Decimal15107188

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e16c59 #dc553f #d53f26 #ba3722 #a02f1d #852718 #6a1f13 #4f170e #351009 #1a0805

Tints of salmon

#e88f80 #ea9a8d #eda599 #efb0a6 #f1bbb2 #f3c6be #f6d1cb #f8dcd7 #fae7e3 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#74d6e6 Analogous#e6749d Analogous#e6bd74 Triadic#74e684 Triadic#8474e6 Split complementary#74e6bd Split complementary#749de6

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 50, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e68474 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 50 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 50 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.

Salmon in css

Copy #e68474 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e68474; }
.text { color: #e68474; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e68474; }

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 #e68474 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e68474 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 #e68474 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 #e68474 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

Every value on this page for #e68474 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.