Salmon

#f37e73

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

Salmon is a light red that reads open. 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f37e73, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f37e73

RGB243, 126, 115

HSL5, 84%, 70%

HSV5, 53%, 95%

CMYK0%, 48%, 53%, 5%

Lab65.92, 43.75, 26.58

XYZ47.52, 35.21, 20.51

Decimal15957619

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#f06255 #ee4637 #eb2b19 #d12212 #b31d0f #95180d #77130a #580f08 #3a0a05 #1c0502

Tints of salmon

#f4897f #f5958c #f6a098 #f7aca4 #f8b7b1 #f9c2bd #facec9 #fbd9d6 #fde4e2 #fef0ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#73e8f3 Analogous#f373a8 Analogous#f3be73 Triadic#73f37e Triadic#7e73f3 Split complementary#73f3be Split complementary#73a8f3

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, 48, 53, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f37e73 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 53 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #f37e73 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f37e73; }
.text { color: #f37e73; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f37e73; }

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 #f37e73 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f37e73 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 #f37e73 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 #f37e73 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 #f37e73 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.