Dark salmon

#ef9e95

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong red sitting at 6 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ef9e95, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ef9e95

RGB239, 158, 149

HSL6, 74%, 76%

HSV6, 38%, 94%

CMYK0%, 34%, 38%, 6%

Lab72.88, 29.1, 17.14

XYZ53.25, 44.97, 34.31

Decimal15703701

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone176 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ea8276 #e66557 #e14938 #d53220 #b62b1b #972417 #781c12 #59150d #3a0e09 #1b0604

Tints of dark salmon

#f0a69e #f2afa7 #f3b7b0 #f4bfb9 #f6c7c2 #f7d0cb #f9d8d4 #fae0dd #fbe9e6 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#95e6ef Analogous#ef95b9 Analogous#efcb95 Triadic#95ef9e Triadic#9e95ef Split complementary#95efcb Split complementary#95b9ef

Dark 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, 34, 38, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ef9e95 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 38 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 39 12

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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ef9e95 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ef9e95; }
.text { color: #ef9e95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ef9e95; }

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 #ef9e95 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ef9e95 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ef9e95 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ef9e95 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

Here is how the numbers for #ef9e95 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.