Dark salmon

#f4a490

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

Dark salmon is a light red that reads open. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #f4a490, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4a490
RGB244, 164, 144
HSL12, 82%, 76%
HSV12, 41%, 96%
CMYK0%, 33%, 41%, 4%
Lab74.7, 27.27, 22.47
XYZ55.62, 47.8, 32.68
Decimal16032912
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone1625 C
Pantone1625 CHex#f4a490Rgb244 164 144Cmyk0 33 41 4Lab75 27 22Darker#df3e16Deep#ee6f4fLighter#f8dbd3

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark 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, 33, 41, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4a490 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 33 41 4
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 34 42 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #f4a490 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4a490; }
.text { color: #f4a490; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4a490; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f4a490 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.99:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.56:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4a490 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 #f4a490 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 #f4a490 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 #f4a490 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.