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Salmon Color Codes - The Hex, RGB, HSL and CMYK Values

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By: Contributing Artist

What colors make Salmon?

On this page, you will find the Salmon Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Salmon, color palettes, and related colors.

Salmon color code

The Salmon hex code is #FA8072. The Salmon hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Salmon. The RGB estimate is:


  • Red: #FA in Hex amounts to 98%
  • Green: #80 in Hex amounts to 50%
  • Blue: #72 in Hex amounts to 45%

Salmon in HSL

HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.

Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.

Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.

Salmon is 6deg, 93%, 71% HSL.


  • Hue: 6deg
  • Saturation: 93%
  • Light: 71%

Salmon color in CMYK color model

The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.

Salmon is 0% 49% 54% 2% CMYK.


  • Cyan: 0%
  • Magenta: 49%
  • Yellow: 54%
  • Key (or Black): 2%

Different shades of Salmon

According to its HSL value, Salmon contains about 71% of brightness.

Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:

  • Hex HSL CMYK
  • #FDD2CD 6deg, 93%, 90% 0%, 16%, 18%, 99%
  • #FBA69C 6deg, 93%, 80% 0%, 33%, 37%, 99%
  • #F9796B 6deg, 93%, 70% 0%, 51%, 57%, 99%
  • #F84D39 6deg, 93%, 60% 0%, 68%, 76%, 99%
  • #F62108 6deg, 93%, 50% 0%, 86%, 96%, 99%
  • #C51A06 6deg, 93%, 40% 0%, 86%, 96%, 99%
  • #931305 6deg, 93%, 30% 0%, 86%, 96%, 99%
  • #620D03 6deg, 93%, 20% 0%, 86%, 96%, 99%
  • #310601 6deg, 93%, 10% 0%, 86%, 96%, 99%

Accessibility tips when using the color Salmon

Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Salmon on text, we recommend you use black for the background.

The reason Salmon contrasts better with a black background is because Salmon has a degree of brightness of 71% which provides better contrast on a dark background.

The Salmon color palette hex codes.

There are a few color palettes available when working with Salmon, but below is our favorite:

  • Georgia Peach
    #F97272
  • Embarrassment
    #FF7777
  • Salmon Nigiri
    #F9906F
  • Rosé
    #F7746B
  • Kissable
    #FD8F79
  • Salmon Sashimi
    #FF7E79

By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Salmon

  • Dr. White
    #FAFAFA
  • Long Beach
    #FAEFDF
  • Spanish Pink
    #F7BFBE
  • Peach Bud
    #FDB2AB
  • Frozen Salmon
    #FEA993
  • Red Mana
    #F95554

Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Salmon:

Palette variances of 3 colors:

  • #E7FA72
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72F0
  • #9EFA72
  • #FAEA72
  • #FA8072
  • #FAD172
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72B5

Palette variances of 4 colors:

  • #DEFA72
  • #FAE372
  • #FAB172
  • #FA8072
  • #CCFA72
  • #FA8072
  • #E872FA
  • #72A3FA
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72F9
  • #727FFA
  • #72FADF

Palette variances of 5 colors:

  • #F2FA72
  • #FAD672
  • #FAAB72
  • #FA8072
  • #FA728F
  • #FABF72
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72A3
  • #FA72E2
  • #D172FA
  • #ACFA72
  • #FAE372
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72C7
  • #C872FA

Palette variances of 6 colors:

  • #FADF72
  • #FAAF72
  • #FA8072
  • #FA7293
  • #FA72C3
  • #FA72F2
  • #FA8072
  • #FA729E
  • #FA72D9
  • #DF72FA
  • #A472FA
  • #727AFA
  • #FA8072
  • #FA72D0
  • #B672FA
  • #729AFA
  • #72FAEC
  • #72FA7F

You will find specific color values of Salmon on this page. For example, the Salmon HEX color code is #FA8072. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Salmon are:

  • Georgia Peach color code is (249.0, 114.0, 114.0).
  • Salmon Nigiri color code is (249.0, 144.0, 111.0).
  • Rosé color code is (247.0, 116.0, 107.0).
  • Kissable color code is (253.0, 143.0, 121.0).
  • Embarrassment color code is (255.0, 119.0, 119.0).
  • Salmon Sashimi color code is (255.0, 126.0, 121.0).
  • Flash In The Pan color code is (255.0, 153.0, 119.0).
  • Coralistic color code is (255.0, 145.0, 122.0).
  • Breeze Of Chilli color code is (244.0, 112.0, 110.0).
  • Butternut color code is (255.0, 161.0, 119.0).

These values can help you match the specific shade and find complementary colors. Looking for a different shade of brown? Our color mixer expertly generates nine different shades and eighteen color variances.

At ourpastimes.com, we are a creative team of product designers, engineers, and data scientists who want to make the internet a better place. We have poured over color theory, the math is tougher than you think, and built a showcase for color combinations.

We started by building a great virtual color mixer. We hope everyone has seen a color wheel. Personally, I loved the color wheel in my art classroom growing up. The acrylic paints like Titanium White, Burnt sienna, Dioxazine Purple make combining colors visceral and our color mixer virtually offers that visceral feeling of color mixing paints. Use our color mixer to build your next color scheme!

The color wheel pickers showcase 12 main colors. The three primary colors are red, green, and blue. When combined together, the primary colors create pure white light. Secondary colors result from mixing two primary colors:

  • Red and Green make Yellow.
  • Green and Blue make Cyan.
  • Blue and Red make Magenta .

Combining a secondary color and a primary color yields tertiary colors. There are six tertiary colors. The six color names are orange, chartreuse green, spring green, azure, violet and rose. Colors continue to expand, for example, halfway between blue and violet is indigo, color code #4B0082, and violet is halfway between blue and purple.

So, the color wheel includes twelve main colors: red, orange, yellow, chartreuse green, green, spring green, cyan, azure, blue, violet, magenta, and rose.

But how do you mix paint color? To mix acrylic paint to make gold you mix in a small quantity of brown paint (approximately one part brown to 10 parts yellow). Our color mixer is expert at mixing color by parts. Adjust the color levels with an easy toggle and we handle the math to generate the resulting hex code, RGB and HSL.

Included in our color pages are color palettes, we generate color combinations between three and six colors. We call each different color mixture “palette variances.” Each color palette variance includes eighteen color mixes with HEX code displayed.

A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Salmon include Georgia Peach, Salmon Nigiri, Rosé, Kissable, Embarrassment, Salmon Sashimi, Flash In The Pan, Coralistic, Breeze Of Chilli, and Butternut. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.

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