Salmon

#e58b7e

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

This is Salmon, a strong red sitting at 8 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #e58b7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e58b7e

RGB229, 139, 126

HSL8, 66%, 70%

HSV8, 45%, 90%

CMYK0%, 39%, 45%, 10%

Lab67.0, 32.84, 21.59

XYZ45.31, 36.63, 24.42

Decimal15043454

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e07363 #da5a48 #d5422d #bb3926 #a03120 #85281b #6a2015 #4f1810 #34100b #190805

Tints of salmon

#e79589 #eaa095 #ecaaa0 #eeb4ac #f1beb7 #f3c9c2 #f5d3ce #f7ddd9 #fae7e5 #fcf2f0

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#7ed8e5 Analogous#e57ea4 Analogous#e5bf7e Triadic#7ee58b Triadic#8b7ee5 Split complementary#7ee5bf Split complementary#7ea4e5

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 45, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e58b7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 45 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 45 16

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.

Salmon in css

Copy #e58b7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e58b7e; }
.text { color: #e58b7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e58b7e; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e58b7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e58b7e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e58b7e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e58b7e 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 salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e58b7e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.