Light salmon

#faae96

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

Light salmon is a light red that reads open. 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #faae96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faae96

RGB250, 174, 150

HSL14, 91%, 78%

HSV14, 40%, 98%

CMYK0%, 30%, 40%, 2%

Lab77.76, 24.95, 23.51

XYZ60.07, 52.8, 35.88

Decimal16428694

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of light salmon

#f89373 #f7784f #f55c2c #f1420b #ce390a #aa2f08 #872506 #641c05 #401203 #1d0801

Tints of light salmon

#fab59f #fbbca8 #fbc2b0 #fcc9b9 #fcd0c2 #fdd7cb #fdddd4 #fde4dc #feebe5 #fef2ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#96e2fa Analogous#fa96b0 Analogous#fae096 Triadic#96faae Triadic#ae96fa Split complementary#96fae0 Split complementary#96b0fa

Light 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, 30, 40, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faae96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 40 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 41 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #faae96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faae96; }
.text { color: #faae96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faae96; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #faae96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faae96 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 #faae96 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 #faae96 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #faae96 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.