Light salmon

#e89f75

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

Light salmon is a mid orange with confident warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e89f75, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e89f75
RGB232, 159, 117
HSL22, 71%, 68%
HSV22, 50%, 91%
CMYK0%, 31%, 50%, 9%
Lab71.72, 22.53, 32.82
XYZ48.89, 43.24, 22.6
Decimal15245173
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone1565 C
Pantone1565 CHex#e89f75Rgb232 159 117Cmyk0 31 50 9Lab72 23 33Darker#b1531dDeep#de7438Lighter#efcab5

Shades of light salmon

Tints of light salmon

Colors that go with light salmon

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 50, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e89f75 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 31 50 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 50 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #e89f75 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e89f75; }
.text { color: #e89f75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e89f75; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e89f75 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.18:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
9.65:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e89f75 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e89f75 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 light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e89f75 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e89f75 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.