What is the hex code for Dark Salmon?

Dark Salmon is #e9967a. In CSS the keyword darksalmon, the hex #e9967a, rgb(233, 150, 122) and hsl(15, 72%, 70%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Dark Salmon on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #7acde9, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Dark Salmon for text?

Dark Salmon as text on white has a contrast ratio of 2.31:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 9.11:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Reds

Dark Salmon color: hex #e9967a, RGB and HSL

Dark Salmon is the CSS keyword darksalmon, hex #e9967a, rgb(233, 150, 122), hsl(15, 72%, 70%). It is a medium, vivid orange in the reds family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: darksalmon
Hex: #e9967a
RGB: rgb(233, 150, 122)
HSL: hsl(15, 72%, 70%)
On white: 2.31:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 9.11:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: darksalmon;          /* keyword */
  color: #e9967a;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(233, 150, 122); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(15, 72%, 70%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with dark salmon

Each match keeps dark salmon's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside dark salmon as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#7acde9

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#7ae9cd

#7a96e9

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#7ae996

#967ae9

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#e97a95

#e9ce7a

Tints and shades of dark salmon

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as dark salmon — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#eda890

#f0b9a6

#f4cbbd

#f8dcd3

#fbeee9

Shades (darker)

#e16e47

#cb4c22

#983919

#662611

#331308

A UI color palette built from dark salmon

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from dark salmon as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #e9967a
secondary: #7ae9cd
accent: #7a96e9
background: #fdfcfc
surface: #f7f4f3
text: #221511
muted: #8f6556
border: #ece2df

Dark mode

primary: #e9967a
secondary: #7ae9cd
accent: #7a96e9
background: #1b110e
surface: #281a15
text: #f6f4f3
muted: #b89d94
border: #493027

Open dark salmon in the palette generator

Using dark salmon in an interface

Red is spoken for: it means error, danger and destructive actions in almost every interface, so a red brand color needs its status colors chosen with care. Crimson and firebrick read as serious; the salmons and corals are gentle enough for surfaces and tags. Whichever role dark salmon takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Dark Salmon?: Dark Salmon is #e9967a. In CSS the keyword darksalmon, the hex #e9967a, rgb(233, 150, 122) and hsl(15, 72%, 70%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Dark Salmon?: Its complement is #7acde9, the split-complementary pair is #7ae9cd and #7a96e9, the triadic partners are #7ae996 and #967ae9, and the analogous neighbors are #e97a95 and #e9ce7a. In an interface, use Dark Salmon for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Dark Salmon on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #7acde9, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Dark Salmon for text?: Dark Salmon as text on white has a contrast ratio of 2.31:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 9.11:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.