Salmon

#fa8072

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 6 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #fa8072, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa8072

RGB250, 128, 114

HSL6, 93%, 71%

HSV6, 54%, 98%

CMYK0%, 49%, 54%, 2%

Lab67.26, 45.23, 29.09

XYZ50.18, 36.98, 20.41

Decimal16416882

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#f96352 #f84632 #f72911 #df1e08 #bf1a07 #9e1506 #7e1104 #5e0d03 #3e0802 #1e0401

Tints of salmon

#fa8b7e #fb968b #fba197 #fcada4 #fcb8b0 #fdc3bc #fdcec9 #fed9d5 #fee4e1 #feefee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#72ecfa Analogous#fa72a8 Analogous#fac472 Triadic#72fa80 Triadic#8072fa Split complementary#72fac4 Split complementary#72a8fa

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, 49, 54, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa8072 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 54 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 54 8

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 #fa8072 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa8072; }
.text { color: #fa8072; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa8072; }

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 #fa8072 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa8072 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 #fa8072 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 #fa8072 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 #fa8072 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.