What is the hex code for Salmon?

Salmon is #fa8072. In CSS the keyword salmon, the hex #fa8072, rgb(250, 128, 114) and hsl(6, 93%, 71%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Salmon on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #72ecfa, 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 Salmon for text?

Salmon as text on white has a contrast ratio of 2.5:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 8.4:1, 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

Salmon color: hex #fa8072, RGB and HSL

Salmon is the CSS keyword salmon, hex #fa8072, rgb(250, 128, 114), hsl(6, 93%, 71%). It is a light, fully saturated red 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: salmon
Hex: #fa8072
RGB: rgb(250, 128, 114)
HSL: hsl(6, 93%, 71%)
On white: 2.5:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 8.4:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: salmon;          /* keyword */
  color: #fa8072;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(250, 128, 114); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(6, 93%, 71%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with salmon

Each match keeps 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 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.

#72ecfa

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.

#72fac4

#72a8fa

Triadic

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

#72fa80

#8072fa

Analogous

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

#fa72a8

#fac472

Tints and shades of salmon

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

Tints (lighter)

#fb958a

#fcaaa1

#fcc0b9

#fdd5d0

#feeae7

Shades (darker)

#f84b37

#ea2008

#b01806

#751004

#3b0802

A UI color palette built from salmon

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from 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: #fa8072
secondary: #72fac4
accent: #72a8fa
background: #fdfcfc
surface: #f7f3f3
text: #221211
muted: #8f5c56
border: #ece0df

Dark mode

primary: #fa8072
secondary: #72fac4
accent: #72a8fa
background: #1b100e
surface: #281715
text: #f6f4f3
muted: #b89894
border: #492b27

Open salmon in the palette generator

Using 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 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 Salmon?: Salmon is #fa8072. In CSS the keyword salmon, the hex #fa8072, rgb(250, 128, 114) and hsl(6, 93%, 71%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Salmon?: Its complement is #72ecfa, the split-complementary pair is #72fac4 and #72a8fa, the triadic partners are #72fa80 and #8072fa, and the analogous neighbors are #fa72a8 and #fac472. In an interface, use Salmon for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Salmon on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #72ecfa, 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 Salmon for text?: Salmon as text on white has a contrast ratio of 2.5:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 8.4:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.