Salmon Pink #FF91A4

Salmon Pink (#FF91A4) is a light, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 10°, lightness 0.78 and chroma 0.134. 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.

Color values

HEX#FF91A4
RGBrgb(255, 145, 164)
HSLhsl(350, 100%, 78%)
HSVhsv(350, 43%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 36%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(72.4 43.4 8.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.778 0.134 10)

How Salmon Pink behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Salmon Pink shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.13:1 and against black 9.84:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Salmon Pink

Tonal

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.

#ffedef · #ff91a4 · #e67e90 · #b75c6d · #8b3b4b · #611b2c

Analogous

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.

#ffd2c1 · #ffb4ac · #ff91a4 · #e082aa · #be75aa · #9c6aa5

Shifted

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.

#ff91a4 · #b68f6d · #b25b6b · #894c00 · #6f2435 · #3f1f00

Contrast

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.

#f3d0d4 · #ff91a4 · #00aba4 · #9a626a · #75454d · #4d2d32

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e4f6f4 · #ff91a4 · #ab9497 · #54605f · #342023 · #000202

Bright Accent

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.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8ea1a0 · #0e2928 · #000706 · #ff91a4

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d4fbf7 · #ff91a4 · #32b0a9 · #006c67 · #002e2b · #120002

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d4fbf7 · #ff91a4 · #59af83 · #00687f · #002f1b · #000408

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e9f8dc · #ff91a4 · #85a85f · #0160a4 · #00274a · #010500

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f8f3d5 · #ff91a4 · #ab9c48 · #006c67 · #1f195b · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FFA3B1 · #FFB3BE · #FFC4CC · #FFD3D9 · #FFE2E6

Shades

#D57384 · #AC5666 · #853B4A · #60202F · #3D0616

Muted

#F19AA8 · #E3A3AC · #D4ABB0

Using Salmon Pink

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.

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