Salmon (color)

Salmon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FA8072
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(250, 128, 114)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(14°, 52%, 100%)
Source		X11[1][2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Salmon a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh.

The web color salmon is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776. ^[3]

The actual color of salmon flesh varies from almost white to deep pink, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin due to how rich a diet of krill and shrimp the fish feeds on; salmon raised on fish farms are given artificial coloring in their food.^[4]

Contents 1 Variations of salmon 1.1 Light salmon 1.2 Dark salmon 2 See also 3 References

Variations of salmon

Light salmon

Light salmon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FFA07A
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 160, 122)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(14°, 62%, 100%)
Source		X11[1][2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color light salmon is displayed at right.

Dark salmon

Dark salmon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#E9967A
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(233, 150, 122)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(15°, 48%, 91%)
Source		X11[1][2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color dark salmon is displayed at the right.

This is a color that resembles the color Salmon, but is darker. Like the web colors light salmon and salmon shown above, it is used in HTML and CSS.

See also

• List of colors
• Terra Cotta color

References

Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Bittersweet	Brown	Burnt orange	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Dark salmon
Deep carrot orange	ECE/SAE Amber	Flame	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)	International orange	Lion	Mahogany	Old gold
Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Papaya whip	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persian orange
Portland Orange	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Satin sheen gold	Sunset	Tangelo
Tangerine	Tea rose	Tenné	Tomato	Vermilion
The samples shown above are only indicative.

Shades of pink
Amaranth	Amaranth pink	Apricot	Brink pink	Carmine	Carnation pink	Cerise	Coral pink	Deep carmine	Deep pink
Fandango	French rose	Fuchsia	Hollywood cerise	Hot magenta	Hot pink	Lavender pink	Magenta	Peach	Persian Rose
Pink	Puce	Rose	Rose pink	Ruby	Salmon	Shocking pink	Thulian pink	Ultra pink
The samples shown above are only indicative.

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