Dark salmon

#e8a183

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, light and strong. 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 #e8a183, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a183
RGB232, 161, 131
HSL18, 69%, 71%
HSV18, 44%, 91%
CMYK0%, 31%, 44%, 9%
Lab72.42, 22.84, 26.21
XYZ50.12, 44.28, 27.38
Decimal15245699
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#e8a183Rgb232 161 131Cmyk0 31 44 9Lab72 23 26Darker#ba4f22Deep#dd7347Lighter#f1d0c2

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, 31, 44, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a183 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 31 44 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 44 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 #e8a183 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a183; }
.text { color: #e8a183; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a183; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a183 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.86:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a183 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 #e8a183 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 #e8a183 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 #e8a183 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.