Light salmon

#f3bca9

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

This is Light salmon, a strong orange at 15 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #f3bca9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3bca9

RGB243, 188, 169

HSL15, 76%, 81%

HSV15, 30%, 95%

CMYK0%, 23%, 30%, 5%

Lab80.68, 17.18, 17.23

XYZ62.11, 57.89, 45.44

Decimal15973545

Web safe#ffcc99

Pantone487 C

Shades of light salmon

#eea288 #ea8866 #e56e45 #e05423 #c2461b #a13a16 #7f2e12 #5e220d #3c1608 #1b0a04

Tints of light salmon

#f4c1b0 #f5c7b7 #f6ccbe #f7d2c5 #f8d7cc #f9ddd3 #fae2da #fbe8e1 #fcede8 #fdf3ef

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#a9e0f3 Analogous#f3a9bb Analogous#f3e1a9 Triadic#a9f3bc Triadic#bca9f3 Split complementary#a9f3e1 Split complementary#a9bbf3

Light salmon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 30, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3bca9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 30 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 32 11

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.

Light salmon in css

Copy #f3bca9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3bca9; }
.text { color: #f3bca9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3bca9; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f3bca9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3bca9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f3bca9 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f3bca9 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 light salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f3bca9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.