Dark salmon

#ea8565

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

Dark salmon is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ea8565, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8565

RGB234, 133, 101

HSL14, 76%, 66%

HSV14, 57%, 92%

CMYK0%, 43%, 57%, 8%

Lab65.91, 35.68, 34.05

XYZ44.67, 35.21, 16.75

Decimal15369573

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e6704a #e35b2f #d64a1d #bc411a #a13716 #862e12 #6b250f #511c0b #361207 #1b0904

Tints of dark salmon

#ec9073 #ee9b81 #f0a68e #f2b19c #f3bcaa #f5c7b8 #f7d2c6 #f9ddd4 #fbe8e1 #fdf3ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#65caea Analogous#ea6587 Analogous#eac865 Triadic#65ea85 Triadic#8565ea Split complementary#65eac8 Split complementary#6587ea

Dark 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, 43, 57, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8565 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 57 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 56 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ea8565 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8565; }
.text { color: #ea8565; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8565; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea8565 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8565 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ea8565 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ea8565 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ea8565 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.