Light salmon

#fbb3a2

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

This is Light salmon, a vivid red sitting at 11 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #fbb3a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbb3a2

RGB251, 179, 162

HSL11, 92%, 81%

HSV11, 35%, 98%

CMYK0%, 29%, 35%, 2%

Lab79.25, 24.07, 19.12

XYZ62.43, 55.36, 41.58

Decimal16495522

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone169 C

Shades of light salmon

#f9957d #f87759 #f65934 #f53b0f #d53009 #b02808 #8b1f06 #671704 #420f03 #1d0701

Tints of light salmon

#fbb9aa #fcbfb1 #fcc6b9 #fcccc0 #fdd2c8 #fdd8d0 #fdded7 #fee5df #feebe6 #fef1ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#a2eafb Analogous#fba2be Analogous#fbe0a2 Triadic#a2fbb3 Triadic#b3a2fb Split complementary#a2fbe0 Split complementary#a2bdfb

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, 29, 35, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fbb3a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 35 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 36 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 #fbb3a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fbb3a2; }
.text { color: #fbb3a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fbb3a2; }

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 #fbb3a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fbb3a2 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 #fbb3a2 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 #fbb3a2 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 #fbb3a2 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 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.