Dark salmon

#e7987f

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 14 degrees on the wheel. 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 #e7987f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e7987f

RGB231, 152, 127

HSL14, 68%, 70%

HSV14, 45%, 91%

CMYK0%, 34%, 45%, 9%

Lab70.16, 26.83, 25.34

XYZ48.01, 40.98, 25.46

Decimal15177855

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone486 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e28263 #dd6c48 #d7552c #bf4924 #a43f1f #88341a #6c2a14 #511f0f #35140a #1a0a05

Tints of dark salmon

#e9a18a #ebaa96 #edb3a1 #efbcac #f2c5b7 #f4cfc3 #f6d8ce #f8e1d9 #faeae5 #fcf3f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#7fcee7 Analogous#e77f9a Analogous#e7cc7f Triadic#7fe798 Triadic#987fe7 Split complementary#7fe7cc Split complementary#7f9ae7

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 34, 45, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e7987f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 45 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 45 15

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 #e7987f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e7987f; }
.text { color: #e7987f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7987f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e7987f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e7987f 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 #e7987f 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 #e7987f 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #e7987f 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.