Dark salmon

#dc8a5f

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

This is Dark salmon, a strong orange at 21 degrees. 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dc8a5f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc8a5f

RGB220, 138, 95

HSL21, 64%, 62%

HSV21, 57%, 86%

CMYK0%, 37%, 57%, 14%

Lab65.14, 27.05, 35.94

XYZ40.67, 34.22, 15.29

Decimal14453343

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone722 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d77948 #d26830 #bc5c29 #a55024 #8e451f #763a1a #5f2e15 #482310 #30180b #190c05

Tints of dark salmon

#df956e #e29f7c #e6aa8b #e9b599 #ecbfa8 #efcab6 #f2d4c5 #f5dfd3 #f9eae2 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#5fb1dc Analogous#dc5f72 Analogous#dcc85f Triadic#5fdc8a Triadic#8a5fdc Split complementary#5fdcc8 Split complementary#5f73dc

Dark salmon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 57, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc8a5f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 57 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 56 20

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 #dc8a5f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc8a5f; }
.text { color: #dc8a5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc8a5f; }

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 #dc8a5f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc8a5f 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 #dc8a5f 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 #dc8a5f 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

Here is how the numbers for #dc8a5f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.