Salmon

#ff6e64

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

Salmon lands in the red band, light and vivid. 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #ff6e64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff6e64

RGB255, 110, 100

HSL4, 100%, 70%

HSV4, 61%, 100%

CMYK0%, 57%, 61%, 0%

Lab64.43, 54.56, 33.35

XYZ49.12, 33.33, 15.9

Decimal16739940

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone178 C

Shades of salmon

#ff5044 #ff3123 #ff1303 #e10f00 #c10c00 #a00a00 #800800 #5f0600 #3f0400 #1f0200

Tints of salmon

#ff7b72 #ff887f #ff948d #ffa19b #ffaea9 #ffbbb6 #ffc8c4 #ffd5d2 #ffe1df #ffeeed

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#64f5ff Analogous#ff64a7 Analogous#ffbc64 Triadic#64ff6e Triadic#6e64ff Split complementary#64ffbc Split complementary#64a7ff

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, 57, 61, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff6e64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 61 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 60 6

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 #ff6e64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff6e64; }
.text { color: #ff6e64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff6e64; }

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 #ff6e64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff6e64 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 #ff6e64 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 #ff6e64 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 #ff6e64 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.