Dark salmon

#e69488

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, light and strong. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e69488, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e69488
RGB230, 148, 136
HSL8, 65%, 72%
HSV8, 41%, 90%
CMYK0%, 36%, 41%, 10%
Lab69.31, 29.52, 19.22
XYZ47.67, 39.78, 28.46
Decimal15111304
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#e69488Rgb230 148 136Cmyk0 36 41 10Lab69 30 19Darker#b83927Deep#da5f4dLighter#f0cbc5

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 41, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e69488 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 36 41 10
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 37 42 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e69488 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e69488; }
.text { color: #e69488; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e69488; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e69488 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.96:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e69488 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 #e69488 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e69488 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #e69488 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.