Dark salmon

#e9b7a2

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 18 degrees. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e9b7a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9b7a2

RGB233, 183, 162

HSL18, 62%, 77%

HSV18, 30%, 91%

CMYK0%, 21%, 30%, 9%

Lab78.34, 15.14, 17.59

XYZ57.06, 53.8, 41.56

Decimal15316898

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e2a085 #db8967 #d4734a #ca5d30 #ac5029 #8f4222 #71341b #542714 #36190d #190b06

Tints of dark salmon

#ebbdaa #edc3b2 #efc9ba #f0cfc1 #f2d5c9 #f4dbd1 #f6e2d9 #f8e8e1 #faeee9 #fcf4f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a2d4e9 Analogous#e9a2b0 Analogous#e9daa2 Triadic#a2e9b7 Triadic#b7a2e9 Split complementary#a2e9da Split complementary#a2b1e9

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, 21, 30, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9b7a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 30 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 32 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 #e9b7a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9b7a2; }
.text { color: #e9b7a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9b7a2; }

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 #e9b7a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9b7a2 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 #e9b7a2 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 #e9b7a2 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

Every value on this page for #e9b7a2 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.