Dark salmon

#ea997f

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 15 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 #ea997f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea997f
RGB234, 153, 127
HSL15, 72%, 71%
HSV15, 46%, 92%
CMYK0%, 35%, 46%, 8%
Lab70.74, 27.47, 26.18
XYZ49.15, 41.81, 25.56
Decimal15374719
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#ea997fRgb234 153 127Cmyk0 35 46 8Lab71 27 26Darker#bb451fDeep#e06842Lighter#f1cbbf

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, 35, 46, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea997f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 35 46 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 36 46 14
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #ea997f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea997f; }
.text { color: #ea997f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea997f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ea997f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.24:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
9.36:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea997f 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 #ea997f 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 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 #ea997f 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

Here is how the numbers for #ea997f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.