Salmon

#ee8a74

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. 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 #ee8a74, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee8a74

RGB238, 138, 116

HSL11, 78%, 69%

HSV11, 51%, 93%

CMYK0%, 42%, 51%, 7%

Lab67.74, 35.86, 28.31

XYZ47.5, 37.62, 21.28

Decimal15633012

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#ea7257 #e7593a #e3411e #c83818 #ab3015 #8f2811 #72200e #55180a #381007 #1b0803

Tints of salmon

#f09480 #f19f8d #f3a999 #f4b3a5 #f6beb2 #f7c8be #f9d3ca #faddd6 #fce7e3 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#74d8ee Analogous#ee749b Analogous#eec774 Triadic#74ee8a Triadic#8a74ee Split complementary#74eec7 Split complementary#749bee

Salmon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 51, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee8a74 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 51 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 51 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 #ee8a74 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee8a74; }
.text { color: #ee8a74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee8a74; }

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 #ee8a74 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee8a74 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 #ee8a74 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 #ee8a74 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

The figures for #ee8a74 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.