Dark salmon

#dca88d

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

Dark salmon sits in the orange range, light and soft. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #dca88d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca88d

RGB220, 168, 141

HSL21, 53%, 71%

HSV21, 36%, 86%

CMYK0%, 24%, 36%, 14%

Lab72.99, 15.51, 21.34

XYZ48.33, 45.14, 31.37

Decimal14461069

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone487 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d49574 #cc815a #c56e41 #af5f36 #96512e #7d4426 #63361e #4a2817 #311a0f #170d07

Tints of dark salmon

#dfb097 #e2b7a1 #e5bfab #e8c7b5 #ebcebf #eed6c9 #f2ded3 #f5e5dd #f8ede7 #fbf5f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#8dc1dc Analogous#dc8d9a Analogous#dcd08d Triadic#8ddca8 Triadic#a88ddc Split complementary#8ddcd0 Split complementary#8d9adc

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, 24, 36, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca88d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 36 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 37 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 #dca88d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca88d; }
.text { color: #dca88d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca88d; }

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 #dca88d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca88d 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 #dca88d 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 #dca88d 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 #dca88d 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.