Dark salmon

#e8a79d

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

Dark salmon is a light red that reads soft. 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 #e8a79d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a79d

RGB232, 167, 157

HSL8, 62%, 76%

HSV8, 32%, 91%

CMYK0%, 28%, 32%, 9%

Lab74.34, 22.64, 14.68

XYZ53.18, 47.23, 38.21

Decimal15247261

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e18d80 #da7363 #d45946 #c7432f #aa3928 #8d2f21 #70261a #531c13 #36120d #190806

Tints of dark salmon

#eaafa5 #ecb6ae #eebeb6 #f0c5be #f2cdc7 #f4d4cf #f6dcd7 #f8e3e0 #faebe8 #fcf2f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9ddee8 Analogous#e89db8 Analogous#e8cd9d Triadic#9de8a7 Triadic#a79de8 Split complementary#9de8cd Split complementary#9db8e8

Dark salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 32, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a79d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 32 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 33 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 #e8a79d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a79d; }
.text { color: #e8a79d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a79d; }

How dark salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8a79d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a79d 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 #e8a79d 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 #e8a79d 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e8a79d is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.