Salmon

#e87f75

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 5 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e87f75, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e87f75

RGB232, 127, 117

HSL5, 71%, 68%

HSV5, 50%, 91%

CMYK0%, 45%, 50%, 9%

Lab64.66, 39.35, 23.52

XYZ44.08, 33.62, 21.0

Decimal15236981

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e3665a #df4c3e #d93424 #be2d20 #a3271b #872017 #6c1a12 #51130d #360d09 #1a0604

Tints of salmon

#ea8a81 #ec968e #eea19a #f0ada6 #f2b8b2 #f4c3bf #f6cfcb #f8dad7 #fae5e3 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#75dee8 Analogous#e875a4 Analogous#e8b875 Triadic#75e87f Triadic#7f75e8 Split complementary#75e8b9 Split complementary#75a4e8

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 50, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e87f75 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 50 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 50 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.

Salmon in css

Copy #e87f75 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e87f75; }
.text { color: #e87f75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e87f75; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e87f75 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e87f75 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e87f75 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e87f75 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e87f75 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.