Salmon

#fd7d64

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 balanced. 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 #fd7d64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fd7d64

RGB253, 125, 100

HSL10, 97%, 69%

HSV10, 60%, 99%

CMYK0%, 51%, 60%, 1%

Lab66.88, 46.78, 36.37

XYZ50.14, 36.47, 16.45

Decimal16612708

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#fd6244 #fc4824 #fc2d05 #dd2703 #bd2102 #9e1b02 #7e1602 #5e1001 #3e0b01 #1e0500

Tints of salmon

#fd8972 #fd947f #fea08d #feab9b #feb7a9 #fec2b6 #fecec4 #fed9d2 #ffe5e0 #fff0ed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#64e4fd Analogous#fd6497 Analogous#fdca64 Triadic#64fd7d Triadic#7d64fd Split complementary#64fdc9 Split complementary#6498fd

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, 51, 60, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fd7d64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 60 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 59 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 #fd7d64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fd7d64; }
.text { color: #fd7d64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fd7d64; }

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 #fd7d64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fd7d64 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 #fd7d64 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 #fd7d64 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 #fd7d64 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.