Light salmon

#ffaf85

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

This is Light salmon, a vivid orange at 21 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #ffaf85, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffaf85

RGB255, 175, 133

HSL21, 100%, 76%

HSV21, 48%, 100%

CMYK0%, 31%, 48%, 0%

Lab78.24, 24.64, 33.3

XYZ60.8, 53.61, 29.33

Decimal16756613

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1565 C

Shades of light salmon

#ff9861 #ff803e #ff691a #f55400 #d14800 #ae3c00 #8a2f00 #662300 #421700 #1f0b00

Tints of light salmon

#ffb68f #ffbd9a #ffc3a4 #ffcaaf #ffd1b9 #ffd8c3 #ffdfce #ffe6d8 #ffece3 #fff3ed

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#85d5ff Analogous#ff8598 Analogous#ffec85 Triadic#85ffaf Triadic#af85ff Split complementary#85ffec Split complementary#8598ff

Light 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, 31, 48, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffaf85 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 48 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 48 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #ffaf85 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffaf85; }
.text { color: #ffaf85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffaf85; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ffaf85 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffaf85 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ffaf85 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ffaf85 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ffaf85 is computed, not guessed. 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.