Information about Light Salmon color
Basic facts about this digital color
A maximally vivid amber-leaning orange, #FFA07A appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pale Persimmon (#FCA474). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Hit Pink (#FDA470) and Cincinnati Sharon Peach (#FFA685).
The recipe behind #FFA07A is rgb(255, 160, 122), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #FFA07A background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. The name "Light Salmon" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Light Salmon color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Light Salmon color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Light Salmon color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Light Salmon color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Light Salmon color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Light Salmon color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Light Salmon color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Light Salmon
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FCA474
#FDA470
#FFA685
#FBAC82
#FFA089
#FFA26B
#FFB077
#F6AE78
#FF9889
#FF9A8A
#FFA38C
#F6A08C
Light Salmon color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FFA07A
- RGB255, 160, 122
- CMYK0, 37, 52, 0
- CSSrgb(255, 160, 122)
- HSL17°, 100%, 74%
- HSL Precise17.143°, 100%, 73.922%
- HSV17°, 52%, 100%
- HSB17°, 52%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.478
- GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.627, 0.478)
- GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.627, 0.478, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.627, 0.478)
- Percentage of Red in RGB100%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.8%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDFFA07A
- DECIMAL ID16752762
- Name Length12
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- Counting from2025-01-01
