Salmon

#ff7a69

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #ff7a69, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff7a69

RGB255, 122, 105

HSL7, 100%, 71%

HSV7, 59%, 100%

CMYK0%, 52%, 59%, 0%

Lab66.67, 49.29, 33.43

XYZ50.75, 36.2, 17.68

Decimal16743017

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#ff5d48 #ff4027 #ff2206 #e41a00 #c31600 #a21200 #810f00 #600b00 #400700 #1f0300

Tints of salmon

#ff8676 #ff9183 #ff9d91 #ffa99e #ffb5ab #ffc0b8 #ffccc6 #ffd8d3 #ffe3e0 #ffefed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#69eeff Analogous#ff69a3 Analogous#ffc569 Triadic#69ff7a Triadic#7a69ff Split complementary#69ffc5 Split complementary#69a3ff

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, 52, 59, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff7a69 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 59 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 58 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 #ff7a69 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff7a69; }
.text { color: #ff7a69; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff7a69; }

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 #ff7a69 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff7a69 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 #ff7a69 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 #ff7a69 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 #ff7a69 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.