Salmon

#d87f6a

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #d87f6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d87f6a

RGB216, 127, 106

HSL11, 59%, 63%

HSV11, 51%, 85%

CMYK0%, 41%, 51%, 15%

Lab62.35, 32.25, 26.24

XYZ38.51, 30.82, 17.55

Decimal14188394

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#d26b53 #cc573c #ba4b31 #a3422b #8c3825 #752f1f #5e2618 #461c12 #2f130c #180a06

Tints of salmon

#dc8b77 #df9685 #e3a292 #e6ada0 #eab9ad #edc5bb #f1d0c8 #f4dcd6 #f8e7e3 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6ac3d8 Analogous#d86a8c Analogous#d8b66a Triadic#6ad87f Triadic#7f6ad8 Split complementary#6ad8b6 Split complementary#6a8cd8

Salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 51, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d87f6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 51 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 51 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #d87f6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d87f6a; }
.text { color: #d87f6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d87f6a; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d87f6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d87f6a 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 #d87f6a 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 #d87f6a 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

Every value on this page for #d87f6a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.