Light salmon

#fab9a7

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

Light 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #fab9a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fab9a7

RGB250, 185, 167

HSL13, 89%, 82%

HSV13, 33%, 98%

CMYK0%, 26%, 33%, 2%

Lab80.63, 21.14, 18.35

XYZ63.75, 57.81, 44.36

Decimal16431527

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone169 C

Shades of light salmon

#f89c82 #f67f5e #f46239 #f24515 #d4370c #af2e0a #8b2408 #661b06 #421104 #1d0802

Tints of light salmon

#fabfae #fbcabc #fcd0c3 #fcd5cb #fcdbd2 #fde1d9 #fde6e0 #feece7 #fef2ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#a7e8fa Analogous#faa7bf Analogous#fae3a7 Triadic#a7fab9 Triadic#b9a7fa Split complementary#a7fae3 Split complementary#a7befa

Light 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, 26, 33, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fab9a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 33 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 34 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 #fab9a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fab9a7; }
.text { color: #fab9a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fab9a7; }

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 #fab9a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fab9a7 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 #fab9a7 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 #fab9a7 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

The figures for #fab9a7 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.