Dark salmon

#e8a185

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with relaxed warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a185, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a185

RGB232, 161, 133

HSL17, 68%, 72%

HSV17, 43%, 91%

CMYK0%, 31%, 43%, 9%

Lab72.45, 23.05, 25.17

XYZ50.26, 44.34, 28.1

Decimal15245701

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e38b69 #dd764d #d86031 #c35125 #a6461f #8a3a1a #6e2e15 #52220f #36170a #1a0b05

Tints of dark salmon

#eaa990 #ecb19a #eebaa5 #f0c2b0 #f2caba #f4d2c5 #f6dbd0 #f8e3db #faebe5 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#85cce8 Analogous#e8859b Analogous#e8d285 Triadic#85e8a1 Triadic#a185e8 Split complementary#85e8d3 Split complementary#859ae8

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 43, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a185 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 43 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e8a185 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a185; }
.text { color: #e8a185; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a185; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a185 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a185 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8a185 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8a185 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e8a185 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.