Salmon

#e7776c

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 #e7776c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7776c

RGB231, 119, 108

HSL5, 72%, 66%

HSV5, 53%, 91%

CMYK0%, 48%, 53%, 9%

Lab62.73, 42.26, 25.99

XYZ42.26, 31.27, 17.99

Decimal15169388

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e35e51 #de4637 #d43223 #b92c1e #9f261a #842016 #6a1911 #4f130d #350d09 #1a0604

Tints of salmon

#e98379 #eb8f86 #ed9c93 #f0a8a1 #f2b4ae #f4c0bb #f6ccc8 #f8d8d5 #fae5e2 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6cdce7 Analogous#e76c9e Analogous#e7b56c Triadic#6ce777 Triadic#776ce7 Split complementary#6ce7b5 Split complementary#6c9ee7

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 53, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7776c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 53 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 53 15

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 #e7776c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7776c; }
.text { color: #e7776c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7776c; }

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 #e7776c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7776c 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 #e7776c 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 #e7776c 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

The figures for #e7776c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.