Dark salmon

#e8a99f

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

This is Dark 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.

Dark salmon color values

Every conversion for #e8a99f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a99f

RGB232, 169, 159

HSL8, 61%, 77%

HSV8, 31%, 91%

CMYK0%, 27%, 31%, 9%

Lab74.85, 21.83, 14.3

XYZ53.72, 48.03, 39.24

Decimal15247775

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of dark salmon

#e18f82 #da7565 #d35b48 #c74430 #aa3a29 #8d3022 #70261b #531c14 #36120d #190806

Tints of dark salmon

#eab0a7 #ecb8af #eebfb7 #f0c6c0 #f2cec8 #f4d5d0 #f6dcd8 #f8e3e0 #faebe8 #fcf2f1

Colors that go with dark salmon

Complementary#9fdee8 Analogous#e89fb9 Analogous#e8cd9f Triadic#9fe8a9 Triadic#a99fe8 Split complementary#9fe8cd Split complementary#9fbae8

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, 27, 31, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a99f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 31 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 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 #e8a99f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a99f; }
.text { color: #e8a99f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a99f; }

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 #e8a99f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a99f 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 #e8a99f 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 #e8a99f 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

Here is how the numbers for #e8a99f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.