Dark salmon

#efa596

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 10 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 #efa596, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efa596

RGB239, 165, 150

HSL10, 74%, 76%

HSV10, 37%, 94%

CMYK0%, 31%, 37%, 6%

Lab74.48, 25.51, 18.82

XYZ54.56, 47.46, 35.14

Decimal15705494

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ea8a77 #e67058 #e15539 #d53f20 #b6361c #972d17 #782312 #591a0e #3a1109 #1b0804

Tints of dark salmon

#f0ad9f #f2b4a8 #f3bcb1 #f4c4ba #f6cbc3 #f7d3cc #f9dbd5 #fae2de #fbeae7 #fdf2f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#96e0ef Analogous#ef96b3 Analogous#efd296 Triadic#96efa5 Triadic#a596ef Split complementary#96efd2 Split complementary#96b3ef

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, 31, 37, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efa596 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #efa596 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efa596; }
.text { color: #efa596; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efa596; }

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 #efa596 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efa596 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 #efa596 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 #efa596 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

Every value on this page for #efa596 is computed, not guessed. 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.