Dark salmon

#e7ac98

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with soft warmth. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e7ac98, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7ac98
RGB231, 172, 152
HSL15, 62%, 75%
HSV15, 34%, 91%
CMYK0%, 26%, 34%, 9%
Lab75.3, 18.97, 18.73
XYZ53.38, 48.76, 36.3
Decimal15183000
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone487 C
Pantone487 CHex#e7ac98Rgb231 172 152Cmyk0 26 34 9Lab75 19 19Darker#c3532dDeep#da7d5eLighter#f3dcd4

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 26, 34, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7ac98 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 26 34 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 28 35 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e7ac98 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7ac98; }
.text { color: #e7ac98; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7ac98; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e7ac98 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.75:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7ac98 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 #e7ac98 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 #e7ac98 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

Every value on this page for #e7ac98 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.