Dark salmon

#f6ac9b

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 #f6ac9b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6ac9b

RGB246, 172, 155

HSL11, 83%, 79%

HSV11, 37%, 96%

CMYK0%, 30%, 37%, 4%

Lab76.96, 25.05, 19.65

XYZ58.67, 51.46, 37.85

Decimal16166043

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#f39079 #f07457 #ed5735 #e83c15 #c63312 #a42b0f #82220c #601909 #3e1006 #1c0703

Tints of dark salmon

#f7b3a3 #f8baac #f8c1b4 #f9c8bc #facfc5 #fbd6cd #fbddd6 #fce4de #fdeae6 #fef1ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9be5f6 Analogous#f69bb7 Analogous#f6da9b Triadic#9bf6ac Triadic#ac9bf6 Split complementary#9bf6da Split complementary#9bb7f6

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, 30, 37, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6ac9b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 37 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 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 #f6ac9b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6ac9b; }
.text { color: #f6ac9b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6ac9b; }

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 #f6ac9b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6ac9b 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 #f6ac9b 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 #f6ac9b 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

The figures for #f6ac9b 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. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.