Light salmon

#e4ac8a

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

Light salmon is a light orange with relaxed warmth. 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 #e4ac8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4ac8a

RGB228, 172, 138

HSL23, 63%, 72%

HSV23, 39%, 89%

CMYK0%, 25%, 39%, 11%

Lab74.72, 16.15, 25.45

XYZ51.33, 47.83, 30.57

Decimal14986378

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#de996f #d78553 #d17238 #bc622b #a15425 #86461f #6b3819 #4f2912 #341b0c #190d06

Tints of light salmon

#e6b394 #e9bb9e #ebc2a9 #edc9b3 #f0d0bd #f2d8c7 #f5dfd2 #f7e6dc #f9ede6 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#8ac2e4 Analogous#e48a95 Analogous#e4d98a Triadic#8ae4ac Triadic#ac8ae4 Split complementary#8ae4d9 Split complementary#8a95e4

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 39, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4ac8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 39 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 40 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #e4ac8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4ac8a; }
.text { color: #e4ac8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4ac8a; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4ac8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4ac8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e4ac8a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e4ac8a 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 #e4ac8a 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.