Salmon

#db7f68

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

Salmon is a mid red that reads grounded. 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 #db7f68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db7f68

RGB219, 127, 104

HSL12, 61%, 63%

HSV12, 53%, 86%

CMYK0%, 42%, 53%, 14%

Lab62.71, 33.24, 27.89

XYZ39.3, 31.24, 17.05

Decimal14385000

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#d56b50 #d05739 #be4a2d #a64128 #8f3822 #772f1c #602517 #481c11 #30130c #190a06

Tints of salmon

#de8b76 #e29683 #e5a291 #e8ad9f #ebb9ac #efc4ba #f2d0c8 #f5dcd5 #f8e7e3 #fcf3f1

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#68c4db Analogous#db688a Analogous#dbb968 Triadic#68db7f Triadic#7f68db Split complementary#68dbb9 Split complementary#688adb

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, 42, 53, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db7f68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 53 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 53 20

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 #db7f68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db7f68; }
.text { color: #db7f68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db7f68; }

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 #db7f68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db7f68 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 #db7f68 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 #db7f68 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

Here is how the numbers for #db7f68 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.