Light salmon

#f1ac8a

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

Light salmon is a light orange with open warmth. 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 #f1ac8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f1ac8a

RGB241, 172, 138

HSL20, 79%, 74%

HSV20, 43%, 95%

CMYK0%, 29%, 43%, 5%

Lab76.09, 21.25, 27.53

XYZ55.62, 50.04, 30.77

Decimal15838346

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1565 C

Shades of light salmon

#ed966b #ea804c #e66a2d #d6581a #b74b16 #983e12 #79320e #5a250b #3a1807 #1b0b03

Tints of light salmon

#f2b394 #f3ba9e #f5c2a8 #f6c9b2 #f7d0bd #f8d7c7 #f9ded1 #fbe5db #fcede5 #fdf4ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#8acff1 Analogous#f18a9b Analogous#f1e08a Triadic#8af1ac Triadic#ac8af1 Split complementary#8af1e0 Split complementary#8a9bf1

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, 29, 43, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f1ac8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 43 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 44 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f1ac8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f1ac8a; }
.text { color: #f1ac8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f1ac8a; }

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 #f1ac8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f1ac8a 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 #f1ac8a 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 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 #f1ac8a 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f1ac8a 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.