Salmon Orange Color

#ff8c69

Salmon Orange 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 #007396
Complementary Color #68dbff
Color Shade: mid red (14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.59% (better contrasting with white)
Salmon Orange Color Sample
Salmon Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff8c69

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Orange Color. The Spice Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sunset Yellow (#fa873d) for more calm effect. Try Buttery Salmon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#68dbff is the best complementary color to Salmon Orange. 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 #ff8c69 complementary color is Malibu, 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 #ff6890 and #ffd768. Thus found on the left and right of #ff8c69 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brink Pink and Goldenrod colors as they work well with Salmon Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salmon Orange palette consists of #6890ff and #68ffd7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#68dbff). Try Malibu and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ff8c69, 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 #ff8c69 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 Orange. Thus Heliotrope and Screamin' Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salmon Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff8c69 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 Orange tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#68dbff) and two others. The Screamin' Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Flamingo – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68ff8c and #ff68db.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff8c69 is made of 51% red, 28% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Orange has a hue angle of 14°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 70.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff8c69 is made of 0% cyan, 45.1% magenta, 58.82% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff8c69
RGB Decimal rgb(255,140,105)
RGB Percentage 51%, 28%, 21%
CMYK 0, 45.1, 58.82, 0
HSL hsl(14,100%,70.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(14,58.82%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.2012,40.4208,37.8835)
XYZ xyz(53.1679,41.0361,18.4831)
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