Dark salmon

#f39b86

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, light and vivid. 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 #f39b86, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f39b86
RGB243, 155, 134
HSL12, 82%, 74%
HSV12, 45%, 95%
CMYK0%, 36%, 45%, 5%
Lab72.37, 30.58, 24.74
XYZ52.99, 44.22, 28.3
Decimal15965062
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#f39b86Rgb243 155 134Cmyk0 36 45 5Lab72 31 25Darker#d53a15Deep#ed6545Lighter#f7d2c9

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark 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, 36, 45, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f39b86 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 36 45 5
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 37 45 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 #f39b86 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f39b86; }
.text { color: #f39b86; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f39b86; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f39b86 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.84:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f39b86 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 #f39b86 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #f39b86 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #f39b86 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.