Dark salmon

#ff9b89

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, light and vivid. 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 #ff9b89, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff9b89

RGB255, 155, 137

HSL9, 100%, 77%

HSV9, 46%, 100%

CMYK0%, 39%, 46%, 0%

Lab73.87, 35.43, 25.37

XYZ57.48, 46.51, 29.61

Decimal16751497

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#ff7c65 #ff5e41 #ff3f1d #f72600 #d32000 #af1b00 #8b1500 #671000 #430a00 #1f0500

Tints of dark salmon

#ffa393 #ffac9d #ffb4a7 #ffbdb1 #ffc5bb #ffcec5 #ffd6cf #ffdfd9 #ffe7e3 #fff0ed

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#89edff Analogous#ff89b2 Analogous#ffd689 Triadic#89ff9b Triadic#9b89ff Split complementary#89ffd6 Split complementary#89b2ff

Dark 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, 39, 46, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff9b89 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 46 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 46 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 #ff9b89 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff9b89; }
.text { color: #ff9b89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff9b89; }

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 #ff9b89 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff9b89 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 #ff9b89 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 #ff9b89 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 #ff9b89 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.