Dark salmon

#e89f8a

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 strong. 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 #e89f8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e89f8a
RGB232, 159, 138
HSL13, 67%, 73%
HSV13, 41%, 91%
CMYK0%, 31%, 41%, 9%
Lab72.09, 24.66, 21.95
XYZ50.26, 43.79, 29.85
Decimal15245194
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#e89f8aRgb232 159 138Cmyk0 31 41 9Lab72 25 22Darker#be4725Deep#dc6e4eLighter#f1d1c8

Shades of dark salmon

Tints of dark salmon

Colors that go with dark salmon

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, 31, 41, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e89f8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 31 41 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 42 15
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 #e89f8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e89f8a; }
.text { color: #e89f8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e89f8a; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e89f8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.15:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
9.76:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e89f8a 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 #e89f8a 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 #e89f8a 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 #e89f8a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.