Dark salmon

#ea8a69

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

Dark salmon is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ea8a69, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8a69

RGB234, 138, 105

HSL15, 75%, 66%

HSV15, 55%, 92%

CMYK0%, 41%, 55%, 8%

Lab67.04, 33.39, 33.32

XYZ45.57, 36.69, 18.04

Decimal15370857

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e6754e #e26033 #d84e1e #bd441a #a23a17 #873113 #6c270f #511d0b #361308 #1b0a04

Tints of dark salmon

#ec9476 #ee9f84 #f0a991 #f2b49f #f3beac #f5c9ba #f7d3c7 #f9ded4 #fbe8e2 #fdf3ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#69c9ea Analogous#ea6988 Analogous#eaca69 Triadic#69ea8a Triadic#8a69ea Split complementary#69eacb Split complementary#6988ea

Dark salmon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 55, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8a69 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 55 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 55 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 #ea8a69 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8a69; }
.text { color: #ea8a69; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8a69; }

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 #ea8a69 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8a69 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 #ea8a69 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 #ea8a69 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

Every value on this page for #ea8a69 is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.