Salmon

#ec8e80

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

This is 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.

Salmon color values

Every conversion for #ec8e80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8e80

RGB236, 142, 128

HSL8, 74%, 71%

HSV8, 46%, 93%

CMYK0%, 40%, 46%, 7%

Lab68.56, 34.13, 22.74

XYZ48.16, 38.74, 25.36

Decimal15502976

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone170 C

Shades of salmon

#e87463 #e35a46 #df4129 #c9341e #ac2d1a #8f2515 #721e11 #55160d #380e08 #1b0704

Tints of salmon

#ee988b #efa296 #f1aca1 #f3b6ad #f4c0b8 #f6cac3 #f8d3ce #f9ddd9 #fbe7e4 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with salmon

Complementary#80deec Analogous#ec80a8 Analogous#ecc480 Triadic#80ec8e Triadic#8e80ec Split complementary#80ecc4 Split complementary#80a8ec

Salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 46, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8e80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 46 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 46 13

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 #ec8e80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8e80; }
.text { color: #ec8e80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8e80; }

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 #ec8e80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8e80 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 #ec8e80 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 #ec8e80 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

Every value on this page for #ec8e80 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.