Light salmon

#edb8a2

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 #edb8a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#edb8a2

RGB237, 184, 162

HSL18, 68%, 78%

HSV18, 32%, 93%

CMYK0%, 22%, 32%, 7%

Lab78.98, 16.13, 18.53

XYZ58.59, 54.89, 41.69

Decimal15579298

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of light salmon

#e7a083 #e18964 #db7145 #d35b29 #b44d23 #95401d #763317 #572611 #39180b #1a0b05

Tints of light salmon

#efbeaa #f0c4b2 #f2cab9 #f3d0c1 #f5d6c9 #f6dcd1 #f8e2d9 #f9e8e0 #fbeee8 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#a2d7ed Analogous#eda2b1 Analogous#eddea2 Triadic#a2edb8 Triadic#b8a2ed Split complementary#a2edde Split complementary#a2b1ed

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, 22, 32, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #edb8a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 32 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light salmon in css

Copy #edb8a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #edb8a2; }
.text { color: #edb8a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #edb8a2; }

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 #edb8a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #edb8a2 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 #edb8a2 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 #edb8a2 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #edb8a2 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.