Salmon hex code
Salmon
#fa8072rgb(250, 128, 114)hsl(6, 93%, 71%)oklch(0.735 0.152 28.1)Salmon is a mid-tone, moderately saturated red — #fa8072, rgb(250, 128, 114), hue 6° at 93% saturation. The colours that go with salmon are Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky Blue — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (2.5:1) but passes on black at 8.4:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it.
Colors that go with Salmon
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with Salmon — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of Salmon: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Turquoise #00ced1
complementaryshippedDark Turquoise sits directly opposite Salmon on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Salmon in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside Salmon, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Salmon in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Forest Floor put Champagne beside Salmon, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use Salmon
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Salmon as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.4:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Salmon as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Salmon reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #fa8072 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fa8072-c4a59c-62cba3-2d271f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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