Salmon

#f68c83

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

This is Salmon, a vivid red sitting at 5 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f68c83, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f68c83

RGB246, 140, 131

HSL5, 86%, 74%

HSV5, 47%, 96%

CMYK0%, 43%, 47%, 4%

Lab69.46, 39.21, 22.51

XYZ51.48, 39.99, 26.48

Decimal16157827

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#f46e63 #f15042 #ef3222 #de2010 #be1c0e #9e170b #7d1209 #5d0e07 #3d0904 #1d0402

Tints of salmon

#f7968e #f8a098 #f8aaa3 #f9b4ae #fabeb9 #fbc8c3 #fbd2ce #fcdcd9 #fde6e4 #fef0ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#83edf6 Analogous#f683b3 Analogous#f6c683 Triadic#83f68c Triadic#8c83f6 Split complementary#83f6c5 Split complementary#83b4f6

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, 43, 47, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f68c83 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 47 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 47 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 #f68c83 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f68c83; }
.text { color: #f68c83; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f68c83; }

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 #f68c83 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f68c83 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 #f68c83 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 #f68c83 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

Every value on this page for #f68c83 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.