Salmon #FA8072

About this color

#FA8072 is a medium-light, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 74%, its chroma 0.152 and its hue 28°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Salmon. Black text reads best on it, at 8.39:1.

Colors that go with Salmon

Matches found by rotating Salmon around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Salmon

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Salmon, closest first.

• Marigold Horizon
• Ember Burn
• Blush and Saffron
• Velvet Dusk
• Lilac Terrace
• Heather Fade
• Velvet Carols
• Saffron and Harissa

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Salmon, with their ΔE distance.

• Salmon Pink #FE7B7C ΔE 0.020
• Light Coral #F08080 ΔE 0.025
• Melon #FF7855 ΔE 0.031
• Blush Pink #FE828C ΔE 0.034
• Coral #FF7F50 ΔE 0.038
• Orange Pink #FF6F52 ΔE 0.040
• Pinkish Orange #FF724C ΔE 0.042
• Carnation #FD798F ΔE 0.046

More about Salmon

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Salmon

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts pink
• 1 part red
• 1 part orange

Recipe result: #F48379, a difference of ΔE 0.012 from Salmon. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Salmon in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Salmon

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FEF2F1

   oklch(97% 0.013 23.2)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FCE3E0

   oklch(93.5% 0.028 25.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FACDC6

   oklch(88.5% 0.052 28.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F8A99E

   oklch(80.8% 0.095 28.1)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #FA8072

   oklch(73.5% 0.152 28.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #E74C40

   oklch(63.1% 0.193 28.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D3211E

   oklch(55.7% 0.211 28.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B60C10

   oklch(49.2% 0.196 28.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #941311

   oklch(42.8% 0.163 28.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #761B16

    oklch(37.6% 0.126 28.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #46120E

    oklch(27% 0.081 28.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Salmon with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.