Dark salmon

#ed8a70

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

Dark salmon is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #ed8a70, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ed8a70

RGB237, 138, 112

HSL12, 78%, 68%

HSV12, 53%, 93%

CMYK0%, 42%, 53%, 7%

Lab67.54, 35.13, 30.22

XYZ46.94, 37.35, 20.06

Decimal15567472

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e97354 #e65c37 #e1451c #c53d19 #a93415 #8c2b12 #70220e #541a0b #371107 #1b0803

Tints of dark salmon

#ef947d #f09f89 #f2a996 #f3b4a3 #f5beb0 #f7c8bc #f8d3c9 #faddd6 #fbe8e2 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#70d3ed Analogous#ed7094 Analogous#edc970 Triadic#70ed8a Triadic#8a70ed Split complementary#70edc9 Split complementary#7094ed

Dark salmon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 53, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ed8a70 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 53 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 53 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ed8a70 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ed8a70; }
.text { color: #ed8a70; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ed8a70; }

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 #ed8a70 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ed8a70 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 #ed8a70 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 #ed8a70 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

Every value on this page for #ed8a70 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.