What does the color Salmon mean?

Red

Salmon

#fa8072

#fb998e

#fcb3aa

#fdccc7

#fee6e3

#e28075

Meaning

Energy, urgency, passion, and excitement. Often used for CTAs, alerts, and brands that want attention.

History

Salmon is a standard CSS/SVG named color used across browsers since early web standards.

Usage

Use Salmon (#fa8072) in CSS as color: salmon; or as #fa8072.

Preview

Salmon

#fa8072

Overview

Family: Red

Accessibility on this swatch:

AAA

(8.4:1)

Contrast vs white: 2.5:1 · vs black: 8.4:1

Formats

HEX

#fa8072

RGB

rgb(250, 128, 114)

RGBA

rgba(250, 128, 114, 1)

HSL

hsl(6, 93%, 71%)

HSV

hsv(6, 54%, 98%)

LAB

lab(67.26% 45.23 29.09)

LCH

lch(67.26% 53.78 32.75)

OKLAB

oklab(0.735 0.1337 0.0713)

OKLCH

oklch(0.735 0.1515 28.07)

XYZ

xyz(50.18, 36.98, 20.41)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 49%, 54%, 2%)

CSS

color: #fa8072;

CSS variable

--color-fa8072: #fa8072;

SCSS

$color-fa8072: #fa8072;

Tailwind

slate-200

Export

Developer code

:root {
  --salmon-1: #fa8072;
}

Color psychology

Energy, urgency, passion, and excitement. Often used for CTAs, alerts, and brands that want attention.

Usage examples: primary buttons, chart series, status badges, marketing gradients, and brand accents in the Red family.

Tints

Shades

Tones

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Monochromatic

Related shades & tints

#fb998e

#fcb3aa

#fdccc7

#fee6e3

#e28075

#c98078

#b1807a

#98807d

Similar colors

#f08080

#ee8663

#f19174

#e38464

#dc7350

#e9754e

#e78f74

#cd5c5c

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