Dark salmon

#faa699

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

This is Dark salmon, a vivid red sitting at 8 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #faa699, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faa699

RGB250, 166, 153

HSL8, 91%, 79%

HSV8, 39%, 98%

CMYK0%, 34%, 39%, 2%

Lab76.01, 29.49, 19.48

XYZ58.81, 49.9, 36.67

Decimal16426649

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#f88776 #f76852 #f5492f #f22b0c #cf240a #ab1e08 #881807 #641205 #410b03 #1d0501

Tints of dark salmon

#faada1 #fbb5aa #fbbcb2 #fcc4bb #fccbc3 #fcd2cc #fddad4 #fde1dd #fee9e5 #fef0ee

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#99edfa Analogous#fa99bc Analogous#fad799 Triadic#99faa6 Triadic#a699fa Split complementary#99fad7 Split complementary#99bcfa

Dark 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, 34, 39, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faa699 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 39 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 40 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #faa699 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faa699; }
.text { color: #faa699; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faa699; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #faa699 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faa699 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #faa699 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #faa699 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #faa699 is computed, not guessed. 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.