Salmon

#ee856f

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

Salmon lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #ee856f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee856f

RGB238, 133, 111

HSL10, 79%, 68%

HSV10, 53%, 93%

CMYK0%, 44%, 53%, 7%

Lab66.6, 38.01, 29.57

XYZ46.52, 36.1, 19.56

Decimal15631727

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#eb6d53 #e75536 #e33d1b #c63617 #aa2e14 #8d2611 #711f0d #54170a #380f07 #1b0703

Tints of salmon

#f0907c #f19b89 #f3a695 #f4b0a2 #f6bbaf #f7c6bc #f9d1c9 #fadcd5 #fce7e2 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#6fd8ee Analogous#ee6f98 Analogous#eec56f Triadic#6fee85 Triadic#856fee Split complementary#6feec5 Split complementary#6f98ee

Salmon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 53, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee856f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 53 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 53 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ee856f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee856f; }
.text { color: #ee856f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee856f; }

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 #ee856f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee856f 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 #ee856f 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 #ee856f 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

Every value on this page for #ee856f is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.