Salmon

#ff595f

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and vivid. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #ff595f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff595f

RGB255, 89, 95

HSL358, 100%, 67%

HSV358, 65%, 100%

CMYK0%, 65%, 63%, 0%

Lab60.98, 63.21, 31.79

XYZ46.88, 29.23, 14.0

Decimal16734559

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone1785 C

Shades of salmon

#ff3a41 #ff1a23 #fa0009 #db0008 #bb0007 #9c0006 #7d0005 #5d0003 #3e0002 #1f0001

Tints of salmon

#ff686d #ff777c #ff858a #ff9498 #ffa3a6 #ffb2b5 #ffc1c3 #ffd0d1 #ffdee0 #ffedee

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#59fff9 Analogous#ff59b2 Analogous#ffa659 Triadic#5fff59 Triadic#595fff Split complementary#59ffa6 Split complementary#59b2ff

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, 65, 63, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff595f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 65 63 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 64 62 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 #ff595f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff595f; }
.text { color: #ff595f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff595f; }

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 #ff595f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff595f 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 #ff595f 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 #ff595f 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 #ff595f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.