Salmon Tartare Color

#ff9baa

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

Inverse Color #006455
Complementary Color #9bfff0
Color Shade: cool red (351° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.39% (better contrasting with white)
Salmon Tartare Color Sample
Salmon Tartare Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff9baa

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salmon Tartare Color. The Blobfish color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Delhi Dance Pink (#fdc1c5) for more calm effect. Try Garden Glory as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9bfff0 is the best complementary color to Salmon Tartare. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff9baa complementary color is Anakiwa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pink Salmon are #ff9bdb and #ffbe9b. Thus found on the left and right of #ff9baa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Carnation Pink and Wax Flower colors as they work well with Salmon Tartare.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salmon Tartare palette consists of #9bdbff and #9bffbe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9bfff0). Try Anakiwa and Mint Green colors in combination with #ff9baa, 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 #ff9baa offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Salmon Tartare. Thus Melrose and Mint Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salmon Tartare contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Jonquil, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff9baa square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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 Tartare tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#9bfff0) and two others. The Mint Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mauve – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aaff9b and #ef9bff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff9baa is made of 44% red, 27% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Salmon Tartare has a hue angle of 351°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff9baa is made of 0% cyan, 39.22% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff9baa
RGB Decimal rgb(255,155,170)
RGB Percentage 44%, 27%, 29%
CMYK 0, 39.22, 33.33, 0
HSL hsl(351,100%,80.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351,39.22%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.5751,39.0247,8.25)
XYZ xyz(60.217,47.605,44.0451)
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