Salmon

#ed8a79

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

Salmon lands in the red band, light and strong. 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #ed8a79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ed8a79

RGB237, 138, 121

HSL9, 76%, 70%

HSV9, 49%, 93%

CMYK0%, 42%, 49%, 7%

Lab67.7, 35.93, 25.47

XYZ47.46, 37.56, 22.84

Decimal15567481

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e9715c #e5583f #e13e22 #c8341b #ab2d17 #8e2513 #721e0f #55160b #380f08 #1b0704

Tints of salmon

#ef9485 #f09f91 #f2a99c #f3b3a8 #f5beb4 #f7c8c0 #f8d2cc #faddd8 #fbe7e3 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#79dced Analogous#ed79a2 Analogous#edc479 Triadic#79ed8a Triadic#8a79ed Split complementary#79edc4 Split complementary#79a2ed

Salmon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 49, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ed8a79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 49 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 49 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.

Salmon in css

Copy #ed8a79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ed8a79; }
.text { color: #ed8a79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ed8a79; }

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 #ed8a79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ed8a79 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 #ed8a79 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 #ed8a79 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

Here is how the numbers for #ed8a79 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.