Dark salmon

#ddab9d

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

Dark salmon lands in the red band, light and soft. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #ddab9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddab9d

RGB221, 171, 157

HSL13, 48%, 74%

HSV13, 29%, 87%

CMYK0%, 23%, 29%, 13%

Lab74.15, 16.32, 14.25

XYZ50.47, 46.93, 38.3

Decimal14527389

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d49583 #cb7f69 #c26950 #b1573e #984a35 #7e3e2c #643123 #4a241a #311811 #170b08

Tints of dark salmon

#e0b2a5 #e3baae #e6c1b6 #e9c8bf #eccfc7 #efd7d0 #f2ded8 #f5e5e1 #f7ece9 #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9dcfdd Analogous#dd9daf Analogous#ddcb9d Triadic#9dddab Triadic#ab9ddd Split complementary#9dddcb Split complementary#9dafdd

Dark salmon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 29, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddab9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 29 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 31 19

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 #ddab9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddab9d; }
.text { color: #ddab9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddab9d; }

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 #ddab9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddab9d 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 #ddab9d 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 #ddab9d 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 #ddab9d are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.