Dark salmon

#ffa28e

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 #ffa28e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffa28e
RGB255, 162, 142
HSL11, 100%, 78%
HSV11, 44%, 100%
CMYK0%, 36%, 44%, 0%
Lab75.48, 32.29, 24.83
XYZ59.04, 49.05, 31.95
Decimal16753294
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone1625 C
Pantone1625 CHex#ffa28eRgb255 162 142Cmyk0 36 44 0Lab75 32 25Darker#fe2d00Deep#ff6747Lighter#fdded7

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark 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, 36, 44, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffa28e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 36 44 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 37 44 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 #ffa28e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffa28e; }
.text { color: #ffa28e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffa28e; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ffa28e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.94:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.81:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffa28e 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 #ffa28e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ffa28e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ffa28e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.