All About Color Salmon

#FA8072

Salmon is a warm and pinkish-orange color. It brings a sense of warmth and coziness, perfect for creating a comfortable and inviting space.

About Salmon

Salmon is a light red color with the hex code #FA8072. In RGB it is red 250, green 128, blue 114; in HSL it is hue 6°, saturation 93%, lightness 71%; in CMYK it is 0%, 49%, 54%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 2.50:1 on white and 8.40:1 on black.

#FA8072 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, 80, 72
CMYK0.00%, 48.80%, 54.40%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 128, 114
HSL6°, 93%, 71%
RGB Octal372, 200, 162
HSV (HSB)6.18°, 54.40%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 10000000, 1110010
CIE-L*AB67.26, 45.23, 29.09
RGB Percent98.04%, 50.20%, 44.71%
CIE-L*CH67.26, 53.78, 32.74
XYZ50.18, 36.98, 20.41
CIE-L*UV67.26, 90.52, 27.38
xyY0.47, 0.34, 36.98
Hunter-Lab60.81, 40.89, 22.66
RYB98.04%, 50.83%, 44.71%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FA8072 on a dark background: contrast 8.40:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FA8072 on a light background: contrast 2.50:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Salmon, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Salmon. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FA8072 · #FDCEC9 · #F72E18 · #70ECFA · #C9F8FD

Analogous palette

#FA70EC · #FA70A7 · #FA8072 · #FAC370 · #ECFA70

Triadic palette

#FA8072 · #70FA7E · #7E70FA · #FDCEC9 · #C9FDCE

Tetradic palette

#FA8072 · #A7FA70 · #70ECFA · #C370FA · #F72E18

Monochromatic palette

#CA1B07 · #F73B26 · #FA8072 · #FDC1BA · #FEE9E6

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