Dark salmon

#fe8d70

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

This is Dark salmon, a vivid red sitting at 12 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #fe8d70, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fe8d70

RGB254, 141, 112

HSL12, 99%, 72%

HSV12, 56%, 100%

CMYK0%, 44%, 56%, 0%

Lab70.38, 40.05, 34.32

XYZ53.32, 41.29, 20.49

Decimal16682352

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of dark salmon

#fe724f #fe582d #fd3d0c #e63002 #c52901 #a42201 #821b01 #611401 #400d00 #1e0600

Tints of dark salmon

#fe977d #fea189 #feab96 #feb5a2 #febfaf #ffc9bb #ffd3c8 #ffddd4 #ffe7e1 #fff1ed

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#70e1fe Analogous#fe709a Analogous#fed470 Triadic#70fe8d Triadic#8d70fe Split complementary#70fed4 Split complementary#709afe

Dark 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, 44, 56, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fe8d70 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 56 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 56 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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #fe8d70 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fe8d70; }
.text { color: #fe8d70; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fe8d70; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #fe8d70 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fe8d70 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #fe8d70 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #fe8d70 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 dark salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #fe8d70 are worked out. 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.