Upstream Salmon Color

#f99a7a

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

Inverse Color #066585
Complementary Color #79d8f9
Color Shade: warm red (15.12° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with white)
Upstream Salmon Color Sample
Upstream Salmon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f99a7a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Upstream Salmon Color. The Happy Prawn color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sweet Apricot (#fcc0a6) for more energetic effect. Try Coral Quartz as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#79d8f9 is the best complementary color to Upstream 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 #f99a7a complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, warm red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Geraldine are #f97999 and #f9d979. Thus found on the left and right of #f99a7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tickle Me Pink and Marigold Yellow colors as they work well with Upstream Salmon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Upstream Salmon palette consists of #7999f9 and #79f9d9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#79d8f9). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #f99a7a, 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 #f99a7a 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 Upstream Salmon. Thus Portage and Mint Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Upstream Salmon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #f99a7a square combo is a palette of warm red, yellow green, cool 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. Upstream Salmon tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#79d8f9) and two others. The Mint Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79f999 and #f979d8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f99a7a is made of 47% red, 29% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Upstream Salmon has a hue angle of 15.12°, a saturation of 91.37% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f99a7a is made of 0% cyan, 37.26% magenta, 49.81% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f99a7a
RGB Decimal rgb(249,154,122)
RGB Percentage 47%, 29%, 23%
CMYK 0, 37.26, 49.81, 2.35
HSL hsl(15.12,91.37%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.12,51%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.6649,32.2854,31.7585)
XYZ xyz(54.1354,44.6561,24.1786)
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