Light salmon

#e8a57c

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

Light salmon sits in the orange range, light and strong. 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a57c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a57c

RGB232, 165, 124

HSL23, 70%, 70%

HSV23, 47%, 91%

CMYK0%, 29%, 47%, 9%

Lab73.23, 20.0, 31.06

XYZ50.37, 45.52, 25.2

Decimal15246716

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e39260 #de7f45 #d96c29 #c05e22 #a4501d #894318 #6d3513 #51280e #361a09 #1a0d05

Tints of light salmon

#eaad88 #ecb593 #eebd9f #f0c5aa #f2cdb6 #f4d5c1 #f6ddcd #f8e5d9 #faede4 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#7cbfe8 Analogous#e87c89 Analogous#e8db7c Triadic#7ce8a5 Triadic#a57ce8 Split complementary#7ce8db Split complementary#7c89e8

Light salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 47, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a57c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 47 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 47 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 #e8a57c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a57c; }
.text { color: #e8a57c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a57c; }

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 #e8a57c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a57c 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 #e8a57c 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 #e8a57c 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

Here is how the numbers for #e8a57c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.