Dark salmon

#efa397

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 8 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #efa397, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efa397

RGB239, 163, 151

HSL8, 73%, 76%

HSV8, 37%, 94%

CMYK0%, 32%, 37%, 6%

Lab74.05, 26.69, 17.67

XYZ54.28, 46.78, 35.45

Decimal15704983

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ea8778 #e56c59 #e1503a #d53921 #b6311c #972917 #782012 #59180e #3a1009 #1b0704

Tints of dark salmon

#f0aba0 #f2b3a9 #f3bab2 #f4c2ba #f6cac3 #f7d2cc #f9dad5 #fae2de #fbe9e7 #fdf1f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#97e3ef Analogous#ef97b7 Analogous#efcf97 Triadic#97efa3 Triadic#a397ef Split complementary#97efcf Split complementary#97b7ef

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 37, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efa397 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 37 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 38 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #efa397 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efa397; }
.text { color: #efa397; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efa397; }

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 #efa397 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efa397 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 #efa397 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 #efa397 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #efa397 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.