Salmon

#e96d64

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e96d64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e96d64

RGB233, 109, 100

HSL4, 75%, 65%

HSV4, 57%, 91%

CMYK0%, 53%, 57%, 9%

Lab60.94, 47.29, 28.21

XYZ41.37, 29.18, 15.51

Decimal15297892

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#e5544a #e13b2f #d42a1e #ba251a #9f2017 #851b13 #6a150f #50100b #350b08 #1b0504

Tints of salmon

#eb7a72 #ed8780 #ef948e #f1a29c #f3afaa #f5bcb8 #f7c9c6 #f9d6d3 #fbe3e1 #fdf0ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#64e0e9 Analogous#e9649e Analogous#e9af64 Triadic#64e96d Triadic#6d64e9 Split complementary#64e9b0 Split complementary#649de9

Salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 53, 57, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e96d64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 53 57 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 53 56 15

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #e96d64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e96d64; }
.text { color: #e96d64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e96d64; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e96d64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e96d64 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e96d64 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e96d64 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e96d64 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.