Salmon

#fe8374

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 7 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #fe8374, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fe8374

RGB254, 131, 116

HSL7, 99%, 73%

HSV7, 54%, 100%

CMYK0%, 48%, 54%, 0%

Lab68.43, 45.37, 29.62

XYZ52.14, 38.56, 21.22

Decimal16679796

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#fe6552 #fe4731 #fd290f #e91b02 #c71701 #a51301 #830f01 #620b01 #400700 #1e0300

Tints of salmon

#fe8e80 #fe998c #fea398 #feaea5 #feb9b1 #ffc4bd #ffcfc9 #ffdad5 #ffe4e1 #ffefed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#74effe Analogous#fe74aa Analogous#fec874 Triadic#74fe83 Triadic#8374fe Split complementary#74fec8 Split complementary#74aafe

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, 48, 54, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fe8374 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 54 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 54 6

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 #fe8374 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fe8374; }
.text { color: #fe8374; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fe8374; }

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 #fe8374 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fe8374 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 #fe8374 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 #fe8374 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

Here is how the numbers for #fe8374 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.