Salmon Creek is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #01223a |
| Complementary Color | #c4e5fe |
| Color Shade: | warm red (25.26° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 88.43% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Creek Color. The Soft Pillow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Wax Flower (#ffc0a8) for more energetic effect. Try Happy Prawn as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#c4e5fe is the best complementary color to Salmon Creek. 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 #feddc5 complementary color is French Pass, 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 Negroni are #fec4c9 and #fef9c4. Thus found on the left and right of #feddc5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink and Beeswax colors as they work well with Salmon Creek.
The split-complementary Salmon Creek palette consists of #c4c9fe and #c4fef9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c4e5fe). Try Periwinkle and Onahau colors in combination with #feddc5, 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 #feddc5 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 Salmon Creek. Thus Fog and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Salmon Creek contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Pass, Snowy Mint, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #feddc5 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. Salmon Creek tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#c4e5fe) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cotton Candy – 120° from the complementary French Pass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c4fedd and #fec4e5.
In a RGB color space, hex #feddc5 is made of 38% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Creek has a hue angle of 25.26°, a saturation of 96.61% and a lightness of 88.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #feddc5 is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 22.36% yellow and 0.39% black ink.
| HEX | #feddc5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(254,221,197) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 33%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.94, 22.36, 0.39 |
| HSL | hsl(25.26,96.61%,88.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(25.26,22.44%,99.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.2364,7.8049,15.9801) |
| XYZ | xyz(76.8075,76.815,63.6019) |