Dark salmon

#ee8b66

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ee8b66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee8b66

RGB238, 139, 102

HSL16, 80%, 67%

HSV16, 57%, 93%

CMYK0%, 42%, 57%, 7%

Lab67.73, 34.19, 35.91

XYZ46.89, 37.6, 17.36

Decimal15633254

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#eb764a #e8612e #de4f19 #c34516 #a73b13 #8b310f #6f270c #531d09 #371406 #1c0a03

Tints of dark salmon

#f09574 #f1a081 #f3aa8f #f4b59d #f6bfaa #f7c9b8 #f9d4c6 #faded4 #fce8e1 #fdf3ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#66c9ee Analogous#ee6685 Analogous#eecf66 Triadic#66ee8b Triadic#8b66ee Split complementary#66eecf Split complementary#6685ee

Dark 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, 57, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee8b66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 57 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 56 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 #ee8b66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee8b66; }
.text { color: #ee8b66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee8b66; }

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 #ee8b66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee8b66 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 #ee8b66 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 #ee8b66 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

The figures for #ee8b66 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.