Dark salmon

#f49e8b

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

This is Dark salmon, a vivid red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. 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 #f49e8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f49e8b

RGB244, 158, 139

HSL11, 83%, 75%

HSV11, 43%, 96%

CMYK0%, 35%, 43%, 4%

Lab73.25, 29.9, 23.22

XYZ54.2, 45.55, 30.36

Decimal16031371

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#f1836b #ee684b #eb4d2a #dd3915 #bd3112 #9d290f #7d200c #5c1809 #3c1006 #1c0703

Tints of dark salmon

#f5a695 #f6af9f #f7b7a9 #f8bfb3 #f9c8bd #fad0c7 #fbd8d1 #fce1db #fde9e5 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8be1f4 Analogous#f48bac Analogous#f4d38b Triadic#8bf49e Triadic#9e8bf4 Split complementary#8bf4d3 Split complementary#8bacf4

Dark 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, 35, 43, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f49e8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 43 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 44 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #f49e8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f49e8b; }
.text { color: #f49e8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f49e8b; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f49e8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f49e8b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f49e8b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f49e8b 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f49e8b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.