Dark salmon

#eca699

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 red sitting at 9 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #eca699, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eca699
RGB236, 166, 153
HSL9, 69%, 76%
HSV9, 35%, 93%
CMYK0%, 30%, 35%, 7%
Lab74.45, 24.2, 17.08
XYZ53.98, 47.41, 36.44
Decimal15509145
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone1625 C
Pantone1625 CHex#eca699Rgb236 166 153Cmyk0 30 35 7Lab74 24 17Darker#d04127Deep#e1715dLighter#f6dcd7

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 35, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eca699 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 30 35 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 32 36 13
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 #eca699 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eca699; }
.text { color: #eca699; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eca699; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eca699 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.00:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.48:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eca699 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 #eca699 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 #eca699 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

Every value on this page for #eca699 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.