Salmon

#f37460

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 confident. 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 #f37460, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f37460

RGB243, 116, 96

HSL8, 86%, 66%

HSV8, 60%, 95%

CMYK0%, 52%, 60%, 5%

Lab63.66, 47.24, 34.22

XYZ45.32, 32.39, 14.93

Decimal15955040

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#f15b43 #ef4227 #e52e11 #c9280f #ac230d #8f1d0b #721709 #561106 #390b04 #1c0602

Tints of salmon

#f4806e #f58d7c #f6998b #f7a699 #f8b2a7 #f9bfb5 #fbcbc4 #fcd8d2 #fde4e0 #fef0ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#60dff3 Analogous#f36095 Analogous#f3be60 Triadic#60f374 Triadic#7460f3 Split complementary#60f3bd Split complementary#6096f3

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, 52, 60, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f37460 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 60 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 59 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 #f37460 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f37460; }
.text { color: #f37460; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f37460; }

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 #f37460 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f37460 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 #f37460 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 #f37460 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 #f37460 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.