Salmon

#e97067

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. 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 #e97067, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e97067
RGB233, 112, 103
HSL4, 75%, 66%
HSV4, 56%, 91%
CMYK0%, 52%, 56%, 9%
Lab61.56, 46.06, 27.32
XYZ41.85, 29.89, 16.4
Decimal15298663
Web safe#ff6666
Pantone178 C
Pantone178 CHex#e97067Rgb233 112 103Cmyk0 52 56 9Lab62 46 27Darker#a92218Deep#e03529Lighter#eeaea9

Shades of salmon

Tints of salmon

Colors that go with salmon

Salmon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 56, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e97067 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 52 56 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 52 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 #e97067 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e97067; }
.text { color: #e97067; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e97067; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e97067 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.01:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.98:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e97067 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 #e97067 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 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 #e97067 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #e97067 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.