Mustard Crusted Salmon is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #107ebb |
| Complementary Color | #44b2ee |
| Color Shade: | warm red (21.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mustard Crusted Salmon Color. The Mandarin Essence color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Adventure Orange (#eda367) for more calm effect. Try Colorado Peach as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#44b2ee is the best complementary color to Mustard Crusted Salmon. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ef8144 complementary color is Picton Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jaffa are #ee445c and #eed644. Thus found on the left and right of #ef8144 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amaranth and Ronchi colors as they work well with Mustard Crusted Salmon.
The split-complementary Mustard Crusted Salmon palette consists of #445cee and #44eed6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44b2ee). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #ef8144, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ef8144 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mustard Crusted Salmon. Thus Royal Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mustard Crusted Salmon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Picton Blue, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ef8144 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mustard Crusted Salmon tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#44b2ee) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brilliant Rose – 120° from the complementary Picton Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #44ee80 and #ee44b2.
In a RGB color space, hex #ef8144 is made of 55% red, 30% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Mustard Crusted Salmon has a hue angle of 21.4°, a saturation of 84.24% and a lightness of 60.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ef8144 is made of 0% cyan, 43.14% magenta, 67.06% yellow and 6.27% black ink.
| HEX | #ef8144 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(239,129,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 55%, 30%, 16% |
| CMYK | 0, 43.14, 67.06, 6.27 |
| HSL | hsl(21.4,84.24%,60.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(21.4,71.55%,93.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.3328,37.6483,50.6693) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.4902,34.4686,9.7771) |