Dark salmon

#e6aa8a

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 orange at 21 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e6aa8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6aa8a
RGB230, 170, 138
HSL21, 65%, 72%
HSV21, 40%, 90%
CMYK0%, 26%, 40%, 10%
Lab74.45, 18.01, 25.12
XYZ51.6, 47.41, 30.48
Decimal15116938
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone472 C
Pantone472 CHex#e6aa8aRgb230 170 138Cmyk0 26 40 10Lab74 18 25Darker#ba5a28Deep#d97f4fLighter#f0d5c7

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 26, 40, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6aa8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 26 40 10
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 28 41 16
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 #e6aa8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6aa8a; }
.text { color: #e6aa8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6aa8a; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e6aa8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.00:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.48:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6aa8a 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 #e6aa8a 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 #e6aa8a 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 #e6aa8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.