Salmon

#f77b6a

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #f77b6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f77b6a

RGB247, 123, 106

HSL7, 90%, 69%

HSV7, 57%, 97%

CMYK0%, 50%, 57%, 3%

Lab65.73, 45.99, 31.45

XYZ48.04, 34.98, 17.86

Decimal16218986

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#f5604b #f4452d #f22a0e #d5240b #b61f0a #971908 #791406 #5a0f05 #3c0a03 #1d0502

Tints of salmon

#f88777 #f89284 #f99e92 #faaa9f #fbb5ac #fbc1b9 #fccdc6 #fdd9d4 #fde4e1 #fef0ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6ae6f7 Analogous#f76a9f Analogous#f7c26a Triadic#6af77b Triadic#7b6af7 Split complementary#6af7c2 Split complementary#6a9ff7

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, 50, 57, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f77b6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 57 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 56 9

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.

Salmon in css

Copy #f77b6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f77b6a; }
.text { color: #f77b6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f77b6a; }

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 #f77b6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f77b6a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f77b6a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f77b6a 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

The figures for #f77b6a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.