Light salmon

#ff975e

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

Light salmon is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #ff975e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff975e

RGB255, 151, 94

HSL21, 100%, 68%

HSV21, 63%, 100%

CMYK0%, 41%, 63%, 0%

Lab72.36, 34.08, 46.25

XYZ54.33, 44.2, 16.26

Decimal16750430

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone163 C

Shades of light salmon

#ff823e #ff6e1e #fd5a00 #de4e00 #be4300 #9e3800 #7e2d00 #5e2100 #3e1600 #1f0b00

Tints of light salmon

#ffa06c #ffa97b #ffb389 #ffbc97 #ffc5a6 #ffceb4 #ffd8c2 #ffe1d1 #ffeadf #fff3ed

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#5ec6ff Analogous#ff5e75 Analogous#ffe75e Triadic#5eff97 Triadic#975eff Split complementary#5effe7 Split complementary#5e75ff

Light 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, 41, 63, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff975e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 63 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 62 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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #ff975e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff975e; }
.text { color: #ff975e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff975e; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ff975e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff975e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ff975e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ff975e 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ff975e are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.