Light salmon

#e6aa89

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

This is Light salmon, a strong orange at 21 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e6aa89, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6aa89

RGB230, 170, 137

HSL21, 65%, 72%

HSV21, 40%, 90%

CMYK0%, 26%, 40%, 10%

Lab74.43, 17.9, 25.63

XYZ51.52, 47.38, 30.1

Decimal15116937

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e0966d #da8251 #d46e36 #c05e29 #a45123 #88431d #6d3517 #512811 #351a0b #190c05

Tints of light salmon

#e8b193 #eab99e #edc0a8 #efc8b2 #f1cfbd #f3d7c7 #f5ded1 #f8e6dc #faede6 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#89c5e6 Analogous#e68996 Analogous#e6d889 Triadic#89e6aa Triadic#aa89e6 Split complementary#89e6d8 Split complementary#8997e6

Light salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 40, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6aa89 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 40 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 41 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 #e6aa89 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6aa89; }
.text { color: #e6aa89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6aa89; }

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 #e6aa89 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6aa89 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 #e6aa89 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 #e6aa89 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 #e6aa89 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.