Light salmon

#fc987a

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 14 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #fc987a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fc987a

RGB252, 152, 122

HSL14, 96%, 73%

HSV14, 52%, 99%

CMYK0%, 40%, 52%, 1%

Lab72.6, 34.47, 31.74

XYZ54.89, 44.56, 24.12

Decimal16554106

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of light salmon

#fb7e58 #fa6437 #fa4a15 #e73905 #c63104 #a42904 #832003 #611802 #401001 #1e0701

Tints of light salmon

#fca186 #fdaa91 #fdb39d #fdbca8 #fdc5b4 #fecebf #fed7cb #fee0d6 #fee9e2 #fff1ee

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#7adefc Analogous#fc7a9d Analogous#fcd97a Triadic#7afc98 Triadic#987afc Split complementary#7afcd9 Split complementary#7a9dfc

Light 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, 40, 52, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fc987a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 52 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 52 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #fc987a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fc987a; }
.text { color: #fc987a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fc987a; }

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 #fc987a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fc987a 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 #fc987a 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 #fc987a 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #fc987a are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.