Salmon

#fb8a79

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

Salmon is a light red that reads soft. 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 #fb8a79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fb8a79

RGB251, 138, 121

HSL8, 94%, 73%

HSV8, 52%, 98%

CMYK0%, 45%, 52%, 2%

Lab69.52, 41.18, 28.22

XYZ52.32, 40.07, 23.07

Decimal16484985

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#fa6d58 #f95037 #f83316 #e52407 #c31f06 #a21905 #811404 #600f03 #3f0a02 #1e0501

Tints of salmon

#fb9485 #fc9e90 #fca99c #fcb3a8 #fdbdb3 #fdc7bf #fdd1cb #fedbd6 #fee6e2 #fef0ee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#79eafb Analogous#fb79a9 Analogous#fbcb79 Triadic#79fb8a Triadic#8a79fb Split complementary#79fbcb Split complementary#79a9fb

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, 52, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fb8a79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 52 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 52 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 #fb8a79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fb8a79; }
.text { color: #fb8a79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fb8a79; }

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 #fb8a79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fb8a79 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 #fb8a79 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 #fb8a79 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

Every value on this page for #fb8a79 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.