Salmon

#e8766d

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 4 degrees on the wheel. 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 #e8766d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8766d

RGB232, 118, 109

HSL4, 73%, 67%

HSV4, 53%, 91%

CMYK0%, 49%, 53%, 9%

Lab62.69, 43.21, 25.4

XYZ42.52, 31.22, 18.25

Decimal15234669

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e45d52 #e04437 #d62f22 #bb291e #a12319 #861d15 #6b1711 #50120d #350c08 #1a0604

Tints of salmon

#ea827a #ec8f87 #ee9b94 #f0a7a1 #f2b3ae #f4c0bb #f6ccc8 #f8d8d5 #fbe4e3 #fdf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6ddfe8 Analogous#e86da2 Analogous#e8b36d Triadic#6de876 Triadic#766de8 Split complementary#6de8b3 Split complementary#6da2e8

Salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 53, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8766d 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 #e8766d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8766d; }
.text { color: #e8766d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8766d; }

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 #e8766d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8766d 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 #e8766d 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 #e8766d 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 #e8766d is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.