Light salmon

#f0bcab

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

This is Light salmon, a strong orange at 15 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #f0bcab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f0bcab

RGB240, 188, 171

HSL15, 70%, 81%

HSV15, 29%, 94%

CMYK0%, 22%, 29%, 6%

Lab80.42, 16.31, 15.76

XYZ61.27, 57.43, 46.38

Decimal15776939

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of light salmon

#eaa28b #e4896a #df6f4a #d9552a #bb4721 #9b3b1c #7b2f16 #5b2210 #3a160a #1a0a05

Tints of light salmon

#f1c1b2 #f2c7b9 #f4ccc0 #f5d2c7 #f6d7cd #f7ddd4 #f9e2db #fae8e2 #fbede9 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#abdff0 Analogous#f0abbc Analogous#f0dfab Triadic#abf0bc Triadic#bcabf0 Split complementary#abf0df Split complementary#abbcf0

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 29, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f0bcab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 29 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 31 12

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f0bcab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f0bcab; }
.text { color: #f0bcab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f0bcab; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f0bcab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f0bcab against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f0bcab sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f0bcab 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f0bcab are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.