Light salmon

#faba9f

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

Light salmon sits in the orange range, light and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #faba9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faba9f

RGB250, 186, 159

HSL18, 90%, 80%

HSV18, 36%, 98%

CMYK0%, 26%, 36%, 2%

Lab80.71, 19.66, 22.72

XYZ63.24, 57.95, 40.65

Decimal16431775

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of light salmon

#f8a07b #f68657 #f46c33 #f3530f #d1460b #ad3a09 #892e07 #652205 #411603 #1d0a02

Tints of light salmon

#fac0a7 #fbc5af #fbcbb7 #fcd1bf #fcd6c7 #fcdcce #fde2d6 #fde7de #feede6 #fef3ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#9fdffa Analogous#fa9fb2 Analogous#fae79f Triadic#9ffaba Triadic#ba9ffa Split complementary#9ffae8 Split complementary#9fb1fa

Light salmon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 36, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faba9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 36 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 37 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #faba9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faba9f; }
.text { color: #faba9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faba9f; }

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 #faba9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faba9f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #faba9f 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #faba9f 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 #faba9f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.