Light salmon

#edad8b

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

Light salmon sits in the orange range, light and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #edad8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#edad8b

RGB237, 173, 139

HSL21, 73%, 74%

HSV21, 41%, 93%

CMYK0%, 27%, 41%, 7%

Lab75.92, 19.26, 26.69

XYZ54.53, 49.76, 31.16

Decimal15576459

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e8986d #e4834f #df6e31 #ce5c20 #b04f1b #924117 #743412 #56270d #381909 #1a0c04

Tints of light salmon

#efb495 #f0bb9f #f2c2a9 #f3c9b3 #f5d1bd #f6d8c7 #f8dfd1 #f9e6db #fbede5 #fdf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#8bcbed Analogous#ed8b9a Analogous#edde8b Triadic#8bedad Triadic#ad8bed Split complementary#8bedde Split complementary#8b9aed

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, 27, 41, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #edad8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 41 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 42 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 #edad8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #edad8b; }
.text { color: #edad8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #edad8b; }

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 #edad8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #edad8b 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 #edad8b 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 #edad8b 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 #edad8b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.