Salmon Sashimi Color

#ff7e79

Salmon Sashimi is soft, 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 #008186
Complementary Color #79f9ff
Color Shade: mid red (2.24° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.73% (better contrasting with white)
Salmon Sashimi Color Sample
Salmon Sashimi Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff7e79

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Sashimi Color. The Often Orange color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bruschetta Tomato (#ff6347) for more calm effect. Try Nasturtium as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#79f9ff is the best complementary color to Salmon Sashimi. 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 #ff7e79 complementary color is Aquamarine, 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 Salmon are #ff79b6 and #ffc179. Thus found on the left and right of #ff7e79 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Pink and Macaroni and Cheese colors as they work well with Salmon Sashimi.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salmon Sashimi palette consists of #79b6ff and #79ffc1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#79f9ff). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ff7e79, 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 #ff7e79 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 Sashimi. Thus Cornflower Blue and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salmon Sashimi contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aquamarine, Reef, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff7e79 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 Sashimi tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#79f9ff) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush Pink – 120° from the complementary Aquamarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79ff7e and #ff79f9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff7e79 is made of 51% red, 25% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Sashimi has a hue angle of 2.24°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 73.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff7e79 is made of 0% cyan, 50.59% magenta, 52.55% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff7e79
RGB Decimal rgb(255,126,121)
RGB Percentage 51%, 25%, 24%
CMYK 0, 50.59, 52.55, 0
HSL hsl(2.24,100%,73.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(2.24,52.55%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.6967,48.5754,25.9043)
XYZ xyz(52.152,37.5622,22.5907)
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