Dark salmon

#d87e66

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

Dark salmon is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #d87e66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d87e66

RGB216, 126, 102

HSL13, 59%, 62%

HSV13, 53%, 85%

CMYK0%, 42%, 53%, 15%

Lab62.07, 32.42, 28.1

XYZ38.18, 30.48, 16.44

Decimal14188134

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone170 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d26b4f #cc5738 #b94c2f #a24329 #8b3923 #74301e #5d2618 #461d12 #2f130c #180a06

Tints of dark salmon

#dc8a74 #df9582 #e3a190 #e6ad9e #eab9ab #edc4b9 #f1d0c7 #f4dcd5 #f8e7e3 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#66c0d8 Analogous#d86687 Analogous#d8b766 Triadic#66d87e Triadic#7e66d8 Split complementary#66d8b7 Split complementary#6687d8

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 53, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d87e66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 53 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 53 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #d87e66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d87e66; }
.text { color: #d87e66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d87e66; }

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 #d87e66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d87e66 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 #d87e66 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 #d87e66 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #d87e66 are worked out. 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.