#FA8072Salmon (#FA8072) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.152. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #FA8072 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 128, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 93%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 54%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 49%, 54%, 2%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(67.3 45.2 29.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.735 0.152 28) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Salmon shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#fc7b69 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ff806f — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#fa8072 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#fb8174 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 2.5:1 and against black 8.4:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffedea · #ffb3a8 · #fa8072 · #c1574c · #94362d · #681410
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#ffc18e · #ffa178 · #fa8072 · #df6e7f · #c06087 · #a05589
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#fa8072 · #a38654 · #ab4b41 · #6b4a00 · #67100d · #2b1b00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffebe8 · #e9c2bc · #fa8072 · #0099a9 · #8e564f · #633e39
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6f9 · #fa8072 · #9f8783 · #4b585a · #321c19 · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #fa8072
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6f9ff · #fa8072 · #00a0b1 · #00616c · #00292e · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bbe0c9 · #fa8072 · #6d9e97 · #4c7b9b · #29344a · #1c0410
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defbe1 · #fa8072 · #55a262 · #324ca8 · #0b155f · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff7d4 · #fa8072 · #879738 · #00616c · #2d0557 · #000304
#FF9385 · #FFA89C · #FFBBB1 · #FFCEC7 · #FFE0DB
#D26559 · #AB4A41 · #853129 · #611813 · #3F0001
#EB8B7F · #DB948B · #CA9D96
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.