Dark salmon

#e4aa9d

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 strong. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e4aa9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4aa9d
RGB228, 170, 157
HSL11, 57%, 75%
HSV11, 31%, 89%
CMYK0%, 25%, 31%, 11%
Lab74.62, 19.52, 15.02
XYZ52.46, 47.68, 38.34
Decimal14985885
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone487 C
Pantone487 CHex#e4aa9dRgb228 170 157Cmyk0 25 31 11Lab75 20 15Darker#be4e34Deep#d57965Lighter#f2dcd6

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 31, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4aa9d 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 #e4aa9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4aa9d; }
.text { color: #e4aa9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4aa9d; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4aa9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.99:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.54:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4aa9d 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 #e4aa9d 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 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 #e4aa9d 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

The figures for #e4aa9d 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.