Dark salmon

#ef9c91

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

Dark salmon is a light red that reads soft. 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 #ef9c91, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ef9c91

RGB239, 156, 145

HSL7, 75%, 75%

HSV7, 39%, 94%

CMYK0%, 35%, 39%, 6%

Lab72.34, 29.7, 18.6

XYZ52.6, 44.17, 32.54

Decimal15703185

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1625 C

Shades of dark salmon

#eb8072 #e66453 #e24934 #d4341f #b52c1a #962516 #771d11 #58160d #3a0e08 #1b0704

Tints of dark salmon

#f0a49a #f2ada4 #f3b5ad #f4beb7 #f6c6c0 #f7cfca #f9d7d3 #fae0dd #fbe8e6 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#91e4ef Analogous#ef91b5 Analogous#efcb91 Triadic#91ef9c Triadic#9c91ef Split complementary#91efcb Split complementary#91b5ef

Dark salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 39, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ef9c91 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 39 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 40 12

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.

Dark salmon in css

Copy #ef9c91 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ef9c91; }
.text { color: #ef9c91; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ef9c91; }

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 #ef9c91 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ef9c91 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 #ef9c91 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 #ef9c91 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

The figures for #ef9c91 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.