Young Salmon Color

#ffb6b4

Young Salmon 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 #00494b
Complementary Color #b4fcff
Color Shade: mid red (1.6° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.29% (better contrasting with black)
Young Salmon Color Sample
Young Salmon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffb6b4

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Young Salmon Color. The Bleached Coral 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 Adobe Avenue (#fb9587) for more calm effect. Try Desert Flower as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b4fcff is the best complementary color to Young Salmon. 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 #ffb6b4 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 Sundown are #ffb4d7 and #ffdbb4. Thus found on the left and right of #ffb6b4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cotton Candy and Frangipani colors as they work well with Young Salmon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Young Salmon palette consists of #b4d7ff and #b4ffdb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4fcff). Try Anakiwa and Aero Blue colors in combination with #ffb6b4, 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 #ffb6b4 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 Young Salmon. Thus Melrose and Reef giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Young Salmon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Pass, Reef, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffb6b4 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. Young Salmon tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#b4fcff) and two others. The Reef is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Rose – 120° from the complementary French Pass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b4ffb6 and #ffb4fc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffb6b4 is made of 41% red, 29% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Young Salmon has a hue angle of 1.6°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 85.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffb6b4 is made of 0% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 29.41% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffb6b4
RGB Decimal rgb(255,182,180)
RGB Percentage 41%, 29%, 29%
CMYK 0, 28.63, 29.41, 0
HSL hsl(1.6,100%,85.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(1.6,29.41%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.745,26.2197,11.5935)
XYZ xyz(66.2062,58.0112,50.8879)
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