Salmon color
Salmon is a light pinkish orange, like the fish. Its hex code is #F4917E.
- Hex
- #F4917E
- RGB
- 244, 145, 126
- OKLCH
- 75.6% 0.124 31.7
- Value
- 7 of 10
- Family
- Red
Is salmon warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a light color, value 7 of 10, and its opposite is turquoise. More in warm and cool colors.
Salmon tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with salmon itself.
Tints
#F4917E#F8A898#FCBEB1#FED4CB#FEEAE6
Tones
#F4917E#E89889#DB9F93#CDA59D#BFABA6
Shades
#F4917E#BA6F60#844E44#51302A#231412
The opposite of salmon
Opposite salmon on the color wheel sits turquoise, #6CA78C. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Salmon
Turquoise
Colors that go with salmon
With its opposite
#F4917E · #FFE4DE · #84A092 · #6CA78C · #1D2E26
With its neighbors
#F08DAA · #F4917E · #E89D58 · #FFDED8 · #51302A
One color, light to dark
#FEEFEC · #CDA59D · #F4917E · #6A3F37 · #231412
Salmon in paintings
The nearest colors to salmon in our painting palettes.
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