Dark salmon

#e79a7b

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong orange at 17 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e79a7b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e79a7b

RGB231, 154, 123

HSL17, 69%, 69%

HSV17, 47%, 91%

CMYK0%, 33%, 47%, 9%

Lab70.55, 25.37, 28.03

XYZ48.09, 41.53, 24.22

Decimal15178363

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e28560 #dd7044 #d85b29 #be4f23 #a3441e #873819 #6c2d14 #51220f #35160a #1a0b05

Tints of dark salmon

#e9a387 #ebac92 #edb59e #f0beaa #f2c7b5 #f4d0c1 #f6d9cd #f8e2d9 #faeae4 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#7bc8e7 Analogous#e77b92 Analogous#e7d07b Triadic#7be79a Triadic#9a7be7 Split complementary#7be7d0 Split complementary#7b92e7

Dark salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 33, 47, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e79a7b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 47 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 47 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e79a7b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e79a7b; }
.text { color: #e79a7b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e79a7b; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e79a7b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e79a7b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e79a7b 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e79a7b 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

The figures for #e79a7b 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 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.