Dark salmon

#ea8971

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 grounded. 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 #ea8971, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8971
RGB234, 137, 113
HSL12, 74%, 68%
HSV12, 52%, 92%
CMYK0%, 41%, 52%, 8%
Lab66.96, 34.58, 28.84
XYZ45.86, 36.58, 20.27
Decimal15370609
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone170 C
Pantone170 CHex#ea8971Rgb234 137 113Cmyk0 41 52 8Lab67 35 29Darker#b2381aDeep#e15533Lighter#f0bfb3

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark 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, 41, 52, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8971 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 41 52 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 42 52 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 #ea8971 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8971; }
.text { color: #ea8971; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8971; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea8971 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.32:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8971 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 #ea8971 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 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 #ea8971 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #ea8971 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.