Salmon

#f47a6d

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and vivid. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f47a6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f47a6d

RGB244, 122, 109

HSL6, 86%, 69%

HSV6, 55%, 96%

CMYK0%, 50%, 55%, 4%

Lab65.17, 45.62, 28.97

XYZ47.03, 34.26, 18.6

Decimal16022125

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#f25f4f #ef4331 #ed2813 #d02210 #b21d0d #94180b #761309 #580f07 #3a0a04 #1c0502

Tints of salmon

#f5867a #f69287 #f79d94 #f8a9a1 #f9b5ae #fac1bb #fbcdc8 #fcd8d5 #fde4e1 #fef0ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6de7f4 Analogous#f46da3 Analogous#f4be6d Triadic#6df47a Triadic#7a6df4 Split complementary#6df4be Split complementary#6da3f4

Salmon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 55, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f47a6d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 55 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 55 10

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 #f47a6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f47a6d; }
.text { color: #f47a6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f47a6d; }

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 #f47a6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f47a6d 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 #f47a6d 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 #f47a6d 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 #f47a6d 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.