Salmon

#fc585d

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #fc585d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc585d

RGB252, 88, 93

HSL358, 96%, 67%

HSV358, 65%, 99%

CMYK0%, 65%, 63%, 1%

Lab60.31, 62.54, 31.97

XYZ45.61, 28.47, 13.45

Decimal16537693

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone1785 C

Shades of salmon

#fb3a40 #fb1b22 #f3040c #d4040a #b60309 #980307 #790206 #5b0204 #3c0103 #1e0101

Tints of salmon

#fc676b #fd767a #fd8588 #fd9497 #fda3a5 #feb2b4 #fec1c2 #fed0d1 #fedfdf #ffedee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#58fcf7 Analogous#fc58af Analogous#fca558 Triadic#5dfc58 Triadic#585dfc Split complementary#58fca5 Split complementary#58affc

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, 65, 63, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc585d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 65 63 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 64 62 7

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 #fc585d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc585d; }
.text { color: #fc585d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc585d; }

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 #fc585d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc585d 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 #fc585d 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 #fc585d 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 #fc585d is computed, not guessed. 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.