Light salmon

#f6bbab

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 red sitting at 13 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #f6bbab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6bbab

RGB246, 187, 171

HSL13, 81%, 82%

HSV13, 30%, 96%

CMYK0%, 24%, 30%, 4%

Lab80.78, 19.09, 16.35

XYZ63.13, 58.07, 46.41

Decimal16169899

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone169 C

Shades of light salmon

#f29f88 #ef8265 #eb6642 #e74a1f #ca3c16 #a73212 #84270e #611d0a #3f1307 #1c0803

Tints of light salmon

#f7c6b9 #f9d1c6 #fad6cd #fadcd4 #fbe1db #fce7e1 #fdece8 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#abe6f6 Analogous#f6abc0 Analogous#f6e1ab Triadic#abf6bb Triadic#bbabf6 Split complementary#abf6e0 Split complementary#abc1f6

Light salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 30, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6bbab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 30 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 32 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f6bbab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6bbab; }
.text { color: #f6bbab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6bbab; }

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 #f6bbab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6bbab against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f6bbab 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f6bbab 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

Every value on this page for #f6bbab 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.