Salmon

#ff8d79

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 9 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 #ff8d79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff8d79

RGB255, 141, 121

HSL9, 100%, 74%

HSV9, 53%, 100%

CMYK0%, 45%, 53%, 0%

Lab70.66, 41.15, 29.82

XYZ54.22, 41.69, 23.28

Decimal16747897

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#ff7056 #ff5234 #ff3511 #ee2300 #cb1e00 #a91900 #861400 #640f00 #410a00 #1f0500

Tints of salmon

#ff9785 #ffa190 #ffab9c #ffb5a7 #ffbeb3 #ffc8bf #ffd2ca #ffdcd6 #ffe6e2 #fff0ed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#79ebff Analogous#ff79a8 Analogous#ffd079 Triadic#79ff8d Triadic#8d79ff Split complementary#79ffd0 Split complementary#79a8ff

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, 45, 53, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff8d79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 53 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 53 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 #ff8d79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff8d79; }
.text { color: #ff8d79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff8d79; }

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 #ff8d79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff8d79 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 #ff8d79 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 #ff8d79 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 #ff8d79 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. 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.