Light salmon

#e8a987

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

Light salmon is a light orange with soft 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a987, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a987

RGB232, 169, 135

HSL21, 68%, 72%

HSV21, 42%, 91%

CMYK0%, 27%, 42%, 9%

Lab74.37, 19.0, 26.66

XYZ51.84, 47.28, 29.32

Decimal15247751

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e3956b #dd814f #d86c32 #c35d25 #a74f20 #8b421b #6e3415 #522710 #361a0a #1a0c05

Tints of light salmon

#eab192 #ecb89c #eec0a7 #f0c7b1 #f2cfbc #f4d6c6 #f6ded1 #f8e5db #faede6 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#87c6e8 Analogous#e88796 Analogous#e8da87 Triadic#87e8a9 Triadic#a987e8 Split complementary#87e8da Split complementary#8795e8

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, 27, 42, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a987 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 42 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 43 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #e8a987 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a987; }
.text { color: #e8a987; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a987; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a987 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a987 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8a987 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8a987 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 #e8a987 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.