Dark salmon

#e2a99c

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. 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 #e2a99c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2a99c

RGB226, 169, 156

HSL11, 55%, 75%

HSV11, 31%, 89%

CMYK0%, 25%, 31%, 11%

Lab74.15, 19.17, 14.88

XYZ51.55, 46.94, 37.8

Decimal14854556

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of dark salmon

#da9181 #d27a66 #ca624a #bb4f37 #a0442f #843827 #692d1f #4e2117 #33160f #180a07

Tints of dark salmon

#e4b0a5 #e7b8ad #e9bfb6 #ecc7be #eecec7 #f1d5cf #f3ddd8 #f6e4e0 #f8ece9 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9cd5e2 Analogous#e29cb2 Analogous#e2cc9c Triadic#9ce2a9 Triadic#a99ce2 Split complementary#9ce2cc Split complementary#9cb2e2

Dark 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, 25, 31, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2a99c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 31 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 33 17

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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #e2a99c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2a99c; }
.text { color: #e2a99c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2a99c; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e2a99c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2a99c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e2a99c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e2a99c 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #e2a99c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.