Dark salmon

#e68a61

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

Dark salmon is a mid orange with balanced 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e68a61, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e68a61

RGB230, 138, 97

HSL18, 73%, 64%

HSV18, 58%, 90%

CMYK0%, 40%, 58%, 10%

Lab66.42, 31.2, 36.73

XYZ43.88, 35.86, 15.92

Decimal15108705

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e27747 #de642e #ce5621 #b44b1c #9a4018 #813614 #672b10 #4e200c #341608 #1a0b04

Tints of dark salmon

#e8956f #eb9f7e #edaa8c #efb49a #f1bfa8 #f4c9b7 #f6d4c5 #f8ded3 #fae9e1 #fdf4f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#61bde6 Analogous#e6617a Analogous#e6cc61 Triadic#61e68a Triadic#8a61e6 Split complementary#61e6cd Split complementary#617ae6

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 58, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e68a61 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 58 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 57 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e68a61 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e68a61; }
.text { color: #e68a61; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e68a61; }

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 #e68a61 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e68a61 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e68a61 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e68a61 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

Here is how the numbers for #e68a61 are worked out. 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.