Light salmon

#eca780

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

Light salmon is a light orange with relaxed warmth. 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #eca780, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eca780

RGB236, 167, 128

HSL22, 74%, 71%

HSV22, 46%, 93%

CMYK0%, 29%, 46%, 7%

Lab74.21, 20.91, 30.28

XYZ52.31, 47.03, 26.74

Decimal15509376

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e89363 #e37f46 #df6b29 #c95c1e #ac4e1a #8f4115 #723411 #55270d #381908 #1b0c04

Tints of light salmon

#eeaf8b #efb696 #f1bea1 #f3c6ad #f4ceb8 #f6d5c3 #f8ddce #f9e5d9 #fbede4 #fdf4ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#80c5ec Analogous#ec808f Analogous#ecdd80 Triadic#80eca7 Triadic#a780ec Split complementary#80ecdd Split complementary#808fec

Light 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, 29, 46, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eca780 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 46 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 46 13

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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #eca780 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eca780; }
.text { color: #eca780; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eca780; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eca780 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eca780 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eca780 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eca780 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #eca780 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.