Dark salmon

#efab98

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

Dark salmon is a light red that reads open. 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 #efab98, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efab98

RGB239, 171, 152

HSL13, 73%, 77%

HSV13, 36%, 94%

CMYK0%, 28%, 36%, 6%

Lab75.91, 22.56, 19.71

XYZ55.83, 49.74, 36.36

Decimal15707032

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ea9279 #e5785a #e05f3a #d64921 #b63e1c #973317 #782913 #591e0e #3a1409 #1a0904

Tints of dark salmon

#f0b2a1 #f2b9aa #f3c0b2 #f4c8bb #f6cfc4 #f7d6cd #f9ddd5 #fae4de #fbebe7 #fdf2f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#98dcef Analogous#ef98b0 Analogous#efd798 Triadic#98efab Triadic#ab98ef Split complementary#98efd7 Split complementary#98b0ef

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 36, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efab98 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 36 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 37 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 #efab98 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efab98; }
.text { color: #efab98; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efab98; }

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 #efab98 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efab98 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 #efab98 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 #efab98 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

The figures for #efab98 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.