Salmon

#fa866d

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

Salmon is a light red that reads relaxed. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #fa866d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa866d

RGB250, 134, 109

HSL11, 93%, 70%

HSV11, 56%, 98%

CMYK0%, 46%, 56%, 2%

Lab68.37, 41.86, 33.27

XYZ50.71, 38.48, 19.22

Decimal16418413

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#f96c4d #f8512d #f7370e #dc2d08 #bc2706 #9d2005 #7d1a04 #5d1303 #3d0d02 #1e0601

Tints of salmon

#fa917a #fb9b87 #fba694 #fcb1a0 #fcbbad #fdc6ba #fdd1c7 #fedbd4 #fee6e1 #fef1ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6de1fa Analogous#fa6d9a Analogous#facd6d Triadic#6dfa86 Triadic#866dfa Split complementary#6dfacd Split complementary#6d9afa

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, 46, 56, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa866d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 56 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 56 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 #fa866d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa866d; }
.text { color: #fa866d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa866d; }

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 #fa866d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa866d 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 #fa866d 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 #fa866d 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 #fa866d 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.