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cmyk(0%, 61%, 72%, 0%)
tomato
PreviewOriginal
rgb(255, 99, 71)
Lighten 20%
rgb(255, 130, 108)
Darken 20%
rgb(204, 79, 57)
Complementary
rgb(71, 227, 255)
Aa
With White Text
Aa
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CMYK expresses a color as cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) percentages, the way most print pipelines describe ink coverage. Because hex is sRGB and CMYK targets a physical gamut, the conversion is a mathematical approximation rather than a colour-managed transform. Use this when a print brief wants ink percentages but you only have a web hex value.
There is no single standard sRGB to CMYK mapping; different RIPs and ICC profiles will pull the result in different directions. Treat the output as a starting point for the printer, not a contract proof.
Need more notations? Open the Color Converter for HEX, RGB, HSL, LAB, OKLAB, and OKLCH, or use the Color Contrast Checker to validate foreground/background pairs before shipping.
No. It is the standard mathematical sRGB to CMYK approximation; ICC profiles are not applied.
Dark colors absorb most of their RGB channels, so the K (black) component carries most of the darkening to keep coloured ink usage low.
Use it for briefs and quick mockups. For final press files, run colour-managed exports from your design tool.