Light salmon

#f0945e

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

Light salmon sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #f0945e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f0945e
RGB240, 148, 94
HSL22, 83%, 65%
HSV22, 61%, 94%
CMYK0%, 38%, 61%, 6%
Lab69.83, 29.7, 42.78
XYZ48.55, 40.51, 15.85
Decimal15766622
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone163 C
Pantone163 CHex#f0945eRgb240 148 94Cmyk0 38 61 6Lab70 30 43Darker#af4b10Deep#ea691dLighter#f2c1a4

Shades of light salmon

Tints of light salmon

Colors that go with light salmon

Light salmon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 61, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f0945e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 38 61 6
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 39 60 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f0945e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f0945e; }
.text { color: #f0945e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0945e; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f0945e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.10:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f0945e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f0945e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f0945e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f0945e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.