Light salmon

#eeb8a4

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

This is Light salmon, a strong orange at 16 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #eeb8a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eeb8a4

RGB238, 184, 164

HSL16, 69%, 79%

HSV16, 31%, 93%

CMYK0%, 23%, 31%, 7%

Lab79.12, 16.76, 17.67

XYZ59.1, 55.14, 42.65

Decimal15644836

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of light salmon

#e8a085 #e28765 #dc6f46 #d65728 #b64a22 #973d1c #783116 #582411 #39170b #1a0a05

Tints of light salmon

#efbeac #f1c4b3 #f2cabb #f4d0c2 #f5d6ca #f7dcd2 #f8e1d9 #f9e7e1 #fbede8 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#a4daee Analogous#eea4b5 Analogous#eedda4 Triadic#a4eeb8 Triadic#b8a4ee Split complementary#a4eedd Split complementary#a4b5ee

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 31, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eeb8a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 31 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 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 #eeb8a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eeb8a4; }
.text { color: #eeb8a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eeb8a4; }

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 #eeb8a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eeb8a4 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 #eeb8a4 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 #eeb8a4 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 #eeb8a4 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. 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.