Dark salmon

#ecb2a6

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 10 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ecb2a6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecb2a6

RGB236, 178, 166

HSL10, 65%, 79%

HSV10, 30%, 93%

CMYK0%, 25%, 30%, 7%

Lab77.54, 19.45, 14.34

XYZ57.4, 52.43, 43.17

Decimal15512230

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone169 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e59887 #df7d69 #d8634a #d1492d #b23e26 #943320 #752919 #561e12 #38130c #190905

Tints of dark salmon

#eeb8ad #efbfb5 #f1c5bc #f2ccc4 #f4d2cb #f6d9d3 #f7dfda #f9e5e1 #faece9 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a6e0ec Analogous#eca6bd Analogous#ecd5a6 Triadic#a6ecb2 Triadic#b2a6ec Split complementary#a6ecd5 Split complementary#a6bdec

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 30, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecb2a6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 30 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 32 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 #ecb2a6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecb2a6; }
.text { color: #ecb2a6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecb2a6; }

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 #ecb2a6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecb2a6 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 #ecb2a6 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 #ecb2a6 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ecb2a6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.