Salmon

#fc615e

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

This is Salmon, a vivid red sitting at 1 degrees on the wheel. 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 #fc615e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc615e

RGB252, 97, 94

HSL1, 96%, 68%

HSV1, 63%, 99%

CMYK0%, 62%, 63%, 1%

Lab61.7, 58.9, 33.16

XYZ46.44, 30.05, 13.94

Decimal16539998

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#fb433f #fb2420 #f70905 #d80804 #b90703 #9a0603 #7b0502 #5c0302 #3d0201 #1e0101

Tints of salmon

#fc6f6c #fd7d7b #fd8b89 #fd9997 #fda7a6 #feb5b4 #fec4c2 #fed2d1 #fee0df #ffeeed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#5ef9fc Analogous#fc5eaa Analogous#fcb05e Triadic#5efc61 Triadic#615efc Split complementary#5efcb0 Split complementary#5eaafc

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, 62, 63, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc615e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 63 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 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 #fc615e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc615e; }
.text { color: #fc615e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc615e; }

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 #fc615e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc615e 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 #fc615e 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 #fc615e 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

The figures for #fc615e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.