Light salmon

#ffaa7a

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

This is Light salmon, a vivid orange at 22 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #ffaa7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffaa7a

RGB255, 170, 122

HSL22, 100%, 74%

HSV22, 52%, 100%

CMYK0%, 33%, 52%, 0%

Lab76.93, 26.27, 37.4

XYZ59.13, 51.41, 25.22

Decimal16755322

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1565 C

Shades of light salmon

#ff9457 #ff7e35 #ff6812 #ee5600 #cc4a00 #a93d00 #873100 #642400 #411800 #1f0b00

Tints of light salmon

#ffb186 #ffb991 #ffc09d #ffc7a8 #ffcfb4 #ffd6bf #ffdecb #ffe5d6 #ffece2 #fff4ed

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#7acfff Analogous#ff7a8d Analogous#ffec7a Triadic#7affaa Triadic#aa7aff Split complementary#7affed Split complementary#7a8cff

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, 33, 52, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffaa7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 33 52 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 34 52 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 #ffaa7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffaa7a; }
.text { color: #ffaa7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffaa7a; }

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 #ffaa7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffaa7a 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 #ffaa7a 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 #ffaa7a 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

Every value on this page for #ffaa7a 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.