Dark salmon

#dfafa2

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #dfafa2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfafa2

RGB223, 175, 162

HSL13, 49%, 75%

HSV13, 27%, 87%

CMYK0%, 22%, 27%, 13%

Lab75.42, 15.61, 13.35

XYZ52.28, 48.96, 40.88

Decimal14659490

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of dark salmon

#d69888 #cd826d #c46b53 #b5583e #9b4b35 #803e2c #663123 #4c251a #311811 #170b08

Tints of dark salmon

#e2b6aa #e4bdb2 #e7c4ba #eacac2 #edd1ca #efd8d2 #f2dfda #f5e6e2 #f8edea #faf4f2

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#a2d2df Analogous#dfa2b3 Analogous#dfcea2 Triadic#a2dfaf Triadic#afa2df Split complementary#a2dfce Split complementary#a2b3df

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, 22, 27, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfafa2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 27 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 29 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 #dfafa2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfafa2; }
.text { color: #dfafa2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfafa2; }

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 #dfafa2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfafa2 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 #dfafa2 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 #dfafa2 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 #dfafa2 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.