Salmon Pate Color

#d5847e

Salmon Pate is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #2a7b81
Complementary Color #7eced4
Color Shade: mid red (4.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.47% (better contrasting with white)
Salmon Pate Color Sample
Salmon Pate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d5847e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Pate Color. The Auburn Wave color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mellow Rose (#d9a6a1) for more calm effect. Try Faded Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7eced4 is the best complementary color to Salmon Pate. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5847e complementary color is Monte Carlo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of New York Pink are #d47ea3 and #d4af7e. Thus found on the left and right of #d5847e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Charm and Tan colors as they work well with Salmon Pate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salmon Pate palette consists of #7ea3d4 and #7ed4af colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7eced4). Try Danube and Vista Blue colors in combination with #d5847e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #d5847e offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Salmon Pate. Thus Moody Blue and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salmon Pate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Monte Carlo, Feijoa, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5847e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Salmon Pate tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#7eced4) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Orchid – 120° from the complementary Monte Carlo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7ed484 and #d47ece.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d5847e is made of 45% red, 28% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Pate has a hue angle of 4.14°, a saturation of 50.88% and a lightness of 66.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5847e is made of 0% cyan, 31.77% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 16.47% black ink.

HEX #d5847e
RGB Decimal rgb(213,132,126)
RGB Percentage 45%, 28%, 27%
CMYK 0, 31.77, 34.12, 16.47
HSL hsl(4.14,50.88%,66.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(4.14,40.85%,83.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.4708,30.4469,16.4316)
XYZ xyz(39.4577,32.155,23.8656)
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