Salmon

#ff765f

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 #ff765f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff765f

RGB255, 118, 95

HSL9, 100%, 69%

HSV9, 63%, 100%

CMYK0%, 54%, 63%, 0%

Lab65.78, 50.54, 37.79

XYZ49.78, 35.04, 14.97

Decimal16741983

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#ff5b3f #ff3f1f #fe2500 #de2000 #be1b00 #9e1700 #7e1200 #5e0e00 #3f0900 #1f0400

Tints of salmon

#ff826d #ff8e7b #ff9b8a #ffa798 #ffb3a6 #ffbfb4 #ffcbc3 #ffd7d1 #ffe4df #fff0ed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#5fe8ff Analogous#ff5f98 Analogous#ffc65f Triadic#5fff76 Triadic#765fff Split complementary#5fffc6 Split complementary#5f98ff

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, 54, 63, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff765f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 63 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Salmon in css

Copy #ff765f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff765f; }
.text { color: #ff765f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff765f; }

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 #ff765f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff765f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ff765f 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ff765f 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 #ff765f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.