Dark salmon

#ecb2a2

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 13 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 #ecb2a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecb2a2

RGB236, 178, 162

HSL13, 66%, 78%

HSV13, 31%, 93%

CMYK0%, 25%, 31%, 7%

Lab77.45, 18.93, 16.38

XYZ57.03, 52.28, 41.27

Decimal15512226

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e69983 #e07f65 #d96646 #d04e2b #b24324 #93371e #752c18 #562112 #38150b #190a05

Tints of dark salmon

#eeb8aa #efbfb2 #f1c5b9 #f2ccc1 #f4d2c9 #f6d9d1 #f7dfd9 #f9e6e1 #faece8 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a2dcec Analogous#eca2b7 Analogous#ecd7a2 Triadic#a2ecb2 Triadic#b2a2ec Split complementary#a2ecd7 Split complementary#a2b7ec

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, 25, 31, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecb2a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 31 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 33 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ecb2a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecb2a2; }
.text { color: #ecb2a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecb2a2; }

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 #ecb2a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecb2a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ecb2a2 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ecb2a2 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ecb2a2 are worked out. 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.