Salmon

#fa8a7e

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

Salmon lands in the red band, light and vivid. 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 #fa8a7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa8a7e

RGB250, 138, 126

HSL6, 93%, 74%

HSV6, 50%, 98%

CMYK0%, 45%, 50%, 2%

Lab69.47, 41.24, 25.38

XYZ52.28, 40.01, 24.71

Decimal16419454

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#f96c5d #f74e3b #f6301a #e51e09 #c41a08 #a21506 #811105 #600d04 #3f0802 #1d0401

Tints of salmon

#fa9489 #fb9e94 #fba8a0 #fcb3ab #fcbdb6 #fdc7c1 #fdd1cc #fddbd7 #fee5e3 #feefee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#7eeefa Analogous#fa7eb0 Analogous#fac87e Triadic#7efa8a Triadic#8a7efa Split complementary#7efac8 Split complementary#7eb0fa

Salmon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 50, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa8a7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 50 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 50 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 #fa8a7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa8a7e; }
.text { color: #fa8a7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa8a7e; }

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 #fa8a7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa8a7e 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 #fa8a7e 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 #fa8a7e 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 #fa8a7e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.