Dark salmon

#ea8a62

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ea8a62, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8a62
RGB234, 138, 98
HSL18, 76%, 65%
HSV18, 58%, 92%
CMYK0%, 41%, 58%, 8%
Lab66.94, 32.85, 36.96
XYZ45.22, 36.55, 16.23
Decimal15370850
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone1635 C
Pantone1635 CHex#ea8a62Rgb234 138 98Cmyk0 41 58 8Lab67 33 37Darker#a74116Deep#e25b23Lighter#eebba5

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 41, 58, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8a62 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 41 58 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 42 57 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 #ea8a62 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8a62; }
.text { color: #ea8a62; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8a62; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea8a62 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
8.31:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8a62 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 #ea8a62 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 #ea8a62 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #ea8a62 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.