Salmon

#e8766c

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 balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8766c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8766c

RGB232, 118, 108

HSL5, 73%, 67%

HSV5, 53%, 91%

CMYK0%, 49%, 53%, 9%

Lab62.67, 43.13, 25.94

XYZ42.46, 31.2, 17.97

Decimal15234668

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e45d51 #e04436 #d63021 #bb2a1d #a02419 #851e15 #6b1811 #50120d #350c08 #1a0604

Tints of salmon

#ea8279 #ec8f86 #ee9b93 #f0a7a1 #f2b3ae #f4c0bb #f6ccc8 #f8d8d5 #fbe4e2 #fdf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6cdee8 Analogous#e86ca0 Analogous#e8b46c Triadic#6ce876 Triadic#766ce8 Split complementary#6ce8b4 Split complementary#6ca0e8

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 53, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8766c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 53 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 53 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #e8766c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8766c; }
.text { color: #e8766c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8766c; }

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 #e8766c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8766c 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 #e8766c 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 #e8766c 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

Every value on this page for #e8766c is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.