Dark salmon

#e8a490

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

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a490, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a490
RGB232, 164, 144
HSL14, 66%, 74%
HSV14, 38%, 91%
CMYK0%, 29%, 38%, 9%
Lab73.36, 22.67, 20.43
XYZ51.59, 45.72, 32.49
Decimal15246480
Web safe#ff9999
Pantone486 C
Pantone486 CHex#e8a490Rgb232 164 144Cmyk0 29 38 9Lab73 23 20Darker#c14b28Deep#dc7455Lighter#f2d6cd

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, 29, 38, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a490 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 29 38 9
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 31 39 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 #e8a490 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a490; }
.text { color: #e8a490; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a490; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a490 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.07:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
10.14:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a490 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 #e8a490 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 #e8a490 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

Every value on this page for #e8a490 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.