Light salmon

#ee9261

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

This is Light salmon, a vivid orange at 21 degrees. 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #ee9261, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee9261

RGB238, 146, 97

HSL21, 81%, 66%

HSV21, 59%, 93%

CMYK0%, 39%, 59%, 7%

Lab69.18, 30.17, 40.37

XYZ47.7, 39.6, 16.44

Decimal15635041

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone163 C

Shades of light salmon

#eb7f46 #e86c2a #dc5c18 #c15015 #a54512 #8a390f #6e2e0c #532309 #371706 #1c0c03

Tints of light salmon

#f09c6f #f1a67d #f3af8c #f4b99a #f6c3a8 #f7cdb6 #f9d7c4 #fae0d3 #fceae1 #fdf4ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#61bdee Analogous#ee6176 Analogous#eed861 Triadic#61ee92 Triadic#9261ee Split complementary#61eed9 Split complementary#6177ee

Light salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 59, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee9261 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 59 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 58 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #ee9261 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee9261; }
.text { color: #ee9261; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee9261; }

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 #ee9261 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee9261 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ee9261 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ee9261 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 #ee9261 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.