Salmon

#f17566

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f17566, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f17566

RGB241, 117, 102

HSL6, 83%, 67%

HSV6, 58%, 95%

CMYK0%, 51%, 58%, 5%

Lab63.66, 46.45, 30.83

XYZ45.04, 32.38, 16.45

Decimal15824230

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#ee5b49 #ec412d #e42b15 #c82612 #ab2010 #8f1b0d #72160a #551008 #390b05 #1c0503

Tints of salmon

#f28174 #f48e81 #f59a8f #f6a69d #f7b3aa #f9bfb8 #facbc6 #fbd8d3 #fce4e1 #fef0ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#66e2f1 Analogous#f1669c Analogous#f1ba66 Triadic#66f175 Triadic#7566f1 Split complementary#66f1bb Split complementary#669cf1

Salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 58, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f17566 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 58 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 57 11

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.

Salmon in css

Copy #f17566 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f17566; }
.text { color: #f17566; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f17566; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f17566 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f17566 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f17566 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f17566 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f17566 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.