Salmon

#e76e64

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e76e64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e76e64

RGB231, 110, 100

HSL5, 73%, 65%

HSV5, 57%, 91%

CMYK0%, 52%, 57%, 9%

Lab60.84, 46.09, 28.01

XYZ40.83, 29.06, 15.51

Decimal15167076

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#e3564a #df3d30 #d12e20 #b7281c #9d2218 #831d14 #691710 #4f110c #350c08 #1a0604

Tints of salmon

#e97b72 #eb8880 #ed958e #f0a29c #f2afaa #f4bcb8 #f6c9c6 #f8d6d4 #fae3e2 #fdf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#64dde7 Analogous#e7649b Analogous#e7b064 Triadic#64e76e Triadic#6e64e7 Split complementary#64e7b0 Split complementary#649be7

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 57, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e76e64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 57 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 56 15

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #e76e64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e76e64; }
.text { color: #e76e64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e76e64; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e76e64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e76e64 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e76e64 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e76e64 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

Here is how the numbers for #e76e64 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.