Dark salmon

#e4a080

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 strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e4a080, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4a080
RGB228, 160, 128
HSL19, 65%, 70%
HSV19, 44%, 89%
CMYK0%, 30%, 44%, 11%
Lab71.69, 21.49, 26.78
XYZ48.46, 43.19, 26.21
Decimal14983296
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#e4a080Rgb228 160 128Cmyk0 30 44 11Lab72 21 27Darker#b05225Deep#d77445Lighter#eecdbe

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 44, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4a080 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 30 44 11
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 32 44 17
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 #e4a080 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4a080; }
.text { color: #e4a080; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4a080; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4a080 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.18:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
9.64:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4a080 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 #e4a080 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e4a080 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #e4a080 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.