Dark salmon

#f18b72

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 relaxed. 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 #f18b72, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f18b72

RGB241, 139, 114

HSL12, 82%, 70%

HSV12, 53%, 95%

CMYK0%, 42%, 53%, 5%

Lab68.3, 36.31, 30.22

XYZ48.55, 38.38, 20.77

Decimal15829874

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ee7354 #eb5a37 #e84219 #cd3914 #af3111 #92280e #74200c #571809 #391006 #1c0803

Tints of dark salmon

#f2957e #f3a08b #f5aa97 #f6b4a4 #f7beb0 #f8c9bd #fad3c9 #fbddd6 #fce7e2 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#72d8f1 Analogous#f17298 Analogous#f1ca72 Triadic#72f18b Triadic#8b72f1 Split complementary#72f1cb Split complementary#7298f1

Dark 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, 42, 53, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f18b72 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 53 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 53 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #f18b72 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f18b72; }
.text { color: #f18b72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f18b72; }

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 #f18b72 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f18b72 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f18b72 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f18b72 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

Every value on this page for #f18b72 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.