Dark salmon

#ea9270

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong orange at 17 degrees. 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 #ea9270, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea9270
RGB234, 146, 112
HSL17, 74%, 68%
HSV17, 52%, 92%
CMYK0%, 38%, 52%, 8%
Lab68.91, 29.77, 31.93
XYZ47.14, 39.22, 20.42
Decimal15372912
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone1635 C
Pantone1635 CHex#ea9270Rgb234 146 112Cmyk0 38 52 8Lab69 30 32Darker#b1441aDeep#e16332Lighter#f0c3b2

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 52, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea9270 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 38 52 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 39 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 #ea9270 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea9270; }
.text { color: #ea9270; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea9270; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea9270 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.84:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea9270 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 #ea9270 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 #ea9270 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 #ea9270 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 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.