Salmon Beauty Color

#fbc6b6

Salmon Beauty is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #043949
Complementary Color #b5eafb
Color Shade: mid red (13.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.9% (better contrasting with black)
Salmon Beauty Color Sample
Salmon Beauty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fbc6b6

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Beauty Color. The Peach Mimosa color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ephemeral Peach (#fce2d4) for more calm effect. Try Lady Anne as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b5eafb is the best complementary color to Salmon Beauty. 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 #fbc6b6 complementary color is French Pass, 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 Apricot Peach are #fbb5c8 and #fbe8b5. Thus found on the left and right of #fbc6b6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender Pink and Banana Mania colors as they work well with Salmon Beauty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salmon Beauty palette consists of #b5c8fb and #b5fbe8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b5eafb). Try Sail and Charlotte colors in combination with #fbc6b6, 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 #fbc6b6 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 Beauty. Thus Perfume and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salmon Beauty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Pass, Gossip, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #fbc6b6 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 Beauty tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#b5eafb) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cupid – 120° from the complementary French Pass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b5fbc5 and #fbb5eb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fbc6b6 is made of 40% red, 31% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Beauty has a hue angle of 13.91°, a saturation of 89.61% and a lightness of 84.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fbc6b6 is made of 0% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 1.57% black ink.

HEX #fbc6b6
RGB Decimal rgb(251,198,182)
RGB Percentage 40%, 31%, 29%
CMYK 0, 20.78, 27.06, 1.57
HSL hsl(13.91,89.61%,84.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(13.91,27.49%,98.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.1086,16.6102,15.2191)
XYZ xyz(68.4212,64.2748,53.0561)
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