Light salmon

#f5b18c

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

This is Light salmon, a vivid orange at 21 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #f5b18c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5b18c

RGB245, 177, 140

HSL21, 84%, 75%

HSV21, 43%, 96%

CMYK0%, 28%, 43%, 4%

Lab77.73, 20.37, 28.72

XYZ58.11, 52.75, 31.93

Decimal16101772

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1555 C

Shades of light salmon

#f29b6b #ef854b #ec6f2a #e05b13 #bf4e11 #9f410e #7e330b #5d2608 #3d1905 #1c0c02

Tints of light salmon

#f6b896 #f7bea0 #f8c5aa #f8ccb3 #f9d2bd #fad9c7 #fbe0d1 #fce6db #fdede5 #fef4ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#8cd0f5 Analogous#f58c9c Analogous#f5e58c Triadic#8cf5b1 Triadic#b18cf5 Split complementary#8cf5e5 Split complementary#8c9cf5

Light 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, 28, 43, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5b18c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 43 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f5b18c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5b18c; }
.text { color: #f5b18c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5b18c; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f5b18c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5b18c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f5b18c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f5b18c 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f5b18c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.