Dark salmon

#f5a79b

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 8 degrees on the wheel. 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 #f5a79b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5a79b

RGB245, 167, 155

HSL8, 82%, 78%

HSV8, 37%, 96%

CMYK0%, 32%, 37%, 4%

Lab75.71, 27.31, 17.9

XYZ57.39, 49.42, 37.52

Decimal16099227

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone176 C

Shades of dark salmon

#f28979 #ee6c58 #eb4e36 #e53217 #c42b14 #a22410 #811c0d #5f1509 #3d0e06 #1c0603

Tints of dark salmon

#f6aea3 #f7b6ac #f8bdb4 #f8c4bd #f9ccc5 #fad3cd #fbdbd6 #fce2de #fde9e6 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9be9f5 Analogous#f59bbc Analogous#f5d49b Triadic#9bf5a7 Triadic#a79bf5 Split complementary#9bf5d4 Split complementary#9bbcf5

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, 32, 37, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5a79b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 37 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 38 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 #f5a79b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5a79b; }
.text { color: #f5a79b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5a79b; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f5a79b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5a79b 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 #f5a79b 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 #f5a79b 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #f5a79b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.