Salmon

#f18369

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

This is Salmon, a vivid red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f18369, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f18369

RGB241, 131, 105

HSL11, 83%, 68%

HSV11, 56%, 95%

CMYK0%, 46%, 56%, 5%

Lab66.48, 39.69, 32.79

XYZ46.94, 35.95, 17.83

Decimal15827817

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#ee6b4c #ec532f #e63d15 #c93613 #ac2e10 #8f260d #731f0b #561708 #390f05 #1c0703

Tints of salmon

#f28e76 #f39984 #f5a491 #f6af9e #f7baac #f8c5b9 #fad0c7 #fbdbd4 #fce6e1 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#69d7f1 Analogous#f16993 Analogous#f1c769 Triadic#69f183 Triadic#8369f1 Split complementary#69f1c7 Split complementary#6993f1

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, 46, 56, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f18369 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 56 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 56 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #f18369 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f18369; }
.text { color: #f18369; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f18369; }

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 #f18369 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f18369 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f18369 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f18369 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

Here is how the numbers for #f18369 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.