Salmon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #FA8072 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (250, 128, 114) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 45, 69, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (14°, 52%, 100%) |
Source | X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Light salmon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #FFA07A |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 160, 122) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 45, 57, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (14°, 62%, 100%) |
Source | X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Salmon pink | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #FF91A4 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 145, 164) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 54, 42, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (350°, 43%, 100%) |
Source | Crayola |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Dark salmon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #E9967A |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (233, 150, 122) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 36, 48, 9) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (15°, 48%, 91%) |
Source | X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Salmon is 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.
The actual color of salmon flesh varies from almost white to light orange, 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.
The color light salmon is displayed at right. This is a color that resembles the color salmon, but is lighter, not to be confused with Dark Salmon, which resembles Salmon Pink but is darker than Salmon Pink and much darker than light salmon.
At right is displayed the pinkish tone of salmon that is called salmon in Crayola crayons.
This color was introduced by Crayola in 1949. See the List of Crayola crayon colors.
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.