Salmon (color)

Salmon is a warm color ranging from light orange to pink, named after the color of salmon flesh.

The flesh of the salmon fish is salmon-colored.

The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776.^[1]

The actual color of salmon flesh varies from almost white to light orange, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin, which in turn is the result of the richness of the fish's diet of krill and shrimp; salmon raised on fish farms are given non-synthetic or artificial coloring in their food.^[2][3]

The flesh of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is lighter and oranger than that of the various Pacific salmon species (from the genus Oncorhynchus).^[4]

Variations of salmon

Salmon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FA8072
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(250, 128, 114)
HSV (h, s, v)	(6°, 54%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(67, 95, 17°)
Source	X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Light salmon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFA07A
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 160, 122)
HSV (h, s, v)	(17°, 52%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(75, 80, 28°)
Source	X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Salmon pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF91A4
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 145, 164)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 43%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(72, 73, 3°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dark salmon
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E9967A
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(233, 150, 122)
HSV (h, s, v)	(15°, 48%, 91%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(70, 67, 27°)
Source	X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Terra cotta
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E2725B
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(226, 114, 91)
HSV (h, s, v)	(10°, 60%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(61, 90, 20°)
Source	DMC Color List[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

"Salmon pink" redirects here. For the RAL color, see RAL 3022 Salmon pink.

Salmon pink (or salmon in Crayola crayons) was introduced by Crayola in 1949. See the List of Crayola crayon colors.

Light salmon has a yellower hue and less saturation when compared to salmon.

Dark salmon resembles the color light salmon, but is grayer. Like the web colors shown above, it is used in HTML and CSS.

Terra cotta is a tone with relatively low brightness. It resembles terracotta pottery.

A terracotta jar

See also

• List of colors