Salmon

#ea796d

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 6 degrees on the wheel. 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 #ea796d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea796d

RGB234, 121, 109

HSL6, 75%, 67%

HSV6, 53%, 92%

CMYK0%, 48%, 53%, 8%

Lab63.57, 42.45, 26.61

XYZ43.53, 32.27, 18.4

Decimal15366509

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e66052 #e24736 #da311f #bf2b1b #a32517 #881f14 #6d1910 #51120c #360c08 #1b0604

Tints of salmon

#ec857a #ee9187 #f09d94 #f2a9a1 #f3b5ae #f5c1bb #f7cdc8 #f9d9d5 #fbe5e2 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6ddeea Analogous#ea6da0 Analogous#eab76d Triadic#6dea79 Triadic#796dea Split complementary#6deab7 Split complementary#6da0ea

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, 48, 53, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea796d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 53 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 53 14

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 #ea796d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea796d; }
.text { color: #ea796d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea796d; }

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 #ea796d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea796d 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 #ea796d 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 #ea796d 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 #ea796d 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.