Light salmon

#e8a178

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

This is Light salmon, a strong orange at 22 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a178, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a178

RGB232, 161, 120

HSL22, 71%, 69%

HSV22, 48%, 91%

CMYK0%, 31%, 48%, 9%

Lab72.23, 21.74, 31.88

XYZ49.41, 44.0, 23.66

Decimal15245688

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e38e5d #df7b41 #da6826 #bf5b21 #a34d1c #884017 #6d3312 #51260e #361909 #1a0c04

Tints of light salmon

#eaa984 #ecb290 #eeba9c #f0c2a8 #f2cbb4 #f4d3c0 #f6dbcc #f8e4d8 #faece4 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#78bfe8 Analogous#e87887 Analogous#e8d978 Triadic#78e8a1 Triadic#a178e8 Split complementary#78e8d9 Split complementary#7887e8

Light 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, 31, 48, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a178 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 48 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 48 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 #e8a178 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a178; }
.text { color: #e8a178; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a178; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a178 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a178 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 #e8a178 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #e8a178 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e8a178 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.