Dark salmon

#eca88f

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

Dark salmon is a light orange with soft 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #eca88f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eca88f
RGB236, 168, 143
HSL16, 71%, 74%
HSV16, 39%, 93%
CMYK0%, 29%, 39%, 7%
Lab74.71, 21.97, 22.88
XYZ53.55, 47.82, 32.39
Decimal15509647
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#eca88fRgb236 168 143Cmyk0 29 39 7Lab75 22 23Darker#ca4f22Deep#e27952Lighter#f4d8ce

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 29, 39, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eca88f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 29 39 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 31 40 13
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 #eca88f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eca88f; }
.text { color: #eca88f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eca88f; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eca88f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.99:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.56:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eca88f 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 #eca88f 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 #eca88f 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 #eca88f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.