Salmon

#eb8d7f

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

Salmon is a light red that reads relaxed. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #eb8d7f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eb8d7f

RGB235, 141, 127

HSL8, 73%, 71%

HSV8, 46%, 92%

CMYK0%, 40%, 46%, 8%

Lab68.2, 34.18, 22.78

XYZ47.62, 38.24, 24.95

Decimal15437183

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e77362 #e25a46 #de4029 #c6351f #aa2d1b #8d2516 #701e12 #54160d #370f09 #1a0704

Tints of salmon

#ed978a #efa196 #f0aba1 #f2b5ac #f4bfb7 #f6c9c3 #f7d3ce #f9ddd9 #fbe7e4 #fdf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#7fddeb Analogous#eb7fa7 Analogous#ebc37f Triadic#7feb8d Triadic#8d7feb Split complementary#7febc3 Split complementary#7fa7eb

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 46, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eb8d7f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 46 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 46 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.

Salmon in css

Copy #eb8d7f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eb8d7f; }
.text { color: #eb8d7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eb8d7f; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eb8d7f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eb8d7f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eb8d7f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eb8d7f 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #eb8d7f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.