Salmon

#eb867a

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

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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #eb867a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eb867a

RGB235, 134, 122

HSL6, 74%, 70%

HSV6, 48%, 92%

CMYK0%, 43%, 48%, 8%

Lab66.61, 37.34, 23.42

XYZ46.3, 36.12, 22.94

Decimal15435386

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone177 C

Shades of salmon

#e76c5e #e25241 #de3925 #c52f1e #a82919 #8c2215 #701b11 #53140d #370d08 #1b0604

Tints of salmon

#ed9186 #ef9b91 #f0a69d #f2b1a9 #f4bbb5 #f6c6c0 #f7d1cc #f9dcd8 #fbe6e4 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#7adfeb Analogous#eb7aa7 Analogous#ebbe7a Triadic#7aeb86 Triadic#867aeb Split complementary#7aebbe Split complementary#7aa7eb

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, 43, 48, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eb867a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 48 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 48 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #eb867a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eb867a; }
.text { color: #eb867a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eb867a; }

How salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eb867a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eb867a 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 #eb867a 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 #eb867a 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 #eb867a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.