Dark salmon

#ea9879

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 16 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #ea9879, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea9879

RGB234, 152, 121

HSL16, 73%, 70%

HSV16, 48%, 92%

CMYK0%, 35%, 48%, 8%

Lab70.41, 27.41, 29.0

XYZ48.61, 41.33, 23.5

Decimal15374457

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e6825d #e16d41 #dd5725 #c34c1f #a7411a #8b3616 #6f2b11 #53200d #361509 #1a0a04

Tints of dark salmon

#eca185 #eeaa91 #f0b39d #f1bca8 #f3c6b4 #f5cfc0 #f7d8cc #f9e1d8 #fbeae4 #fdf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#79cbea Analogous#ea7993 Analogous#ead179 Triadic#79ea98 Triadic#9879ea Split complementary#79ead1 Split complementary#7993ea

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 48, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea9879 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 48 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 48 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ea9879 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea9879; }
.text { color: #ea9879; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea9879; }

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 #ea9879 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea9879 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ea9879 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ea9879 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ea9879 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.