Light salmon

#f79b66

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

Light salmon is a mid orange with confident warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. 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 #f79b66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f79b66

RGB247, 155, 102

HSL22, 90%, 68%

HSV22, 59%, 97%

CMYK0%, 37%, 59%, 3%

Lab72.35, 29.38, 41.89

XYZ52.48, 44.18, 18.33

Decimal16227174

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone163 C

Shades of light salmon

#f58748 #f47329 #f1600d #d3540b #b44809 #963c08 #783006 #5a2405 #3b1803 #1d0c02

Tints of light salmon

#f8a474 #f8ad81 #f9b68f #fabf9c #fbc7aa #fbd0b8 #fcd9c5 #fde2d3 #fdebe0 #fef4ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#66c2f7 Analogous#f76679 Analogous#f7e366 Triadic#66f79b Triadic#9b66f7 Split complementary#66f7e3 Split complementary#667af7

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, 37, 59, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f79b66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 59 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 58 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f79b66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f79b66; }
.text { color: #f79b66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f79b66; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f79b66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f79b66 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 #f79b66 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 #f79b66 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f79b66 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.