Nearest-color comparison

Coral Reef vs Salmon

Coral Reef and Salmon are different red colors with HEX values #FD7C6E and #FA8072. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 6.4, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Coral Reef and Salmon are very close colors. Salmon is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Salmon#FA8072

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Coral Reef and Salmon across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance6.4

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0056

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorSalmon

More saturatedCoral Reef

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Coral Reef

Coral Reef is #FD7C6E, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Salmon, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FD7C6E RGB253, 124, 110 HSL6, 97, 71 CMYK0, 51, 57, 1 Luminance0.3642 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Salmon

Salmon is #FA8072, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Coral Reef, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FA8072 RGB250, 128, 114 HSL6, 93, 71 CMYK0, 49, 54, 2 Luminance0.3698 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Coral Reef or Salmon

Choose Coral ReefCoral Reef is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FD7C6E.

Choose SalmonSalmon is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FA8072.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCoral ReefSalmon

HEX#FD7C6E#FA8072

RGB253, 124, 110250, 128, 114

HSL6, 97, 716, 93, 71

CMYK0, 51, 57, 10, 49, 54, 2

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.36420.3698

Black contrast8.28:18.4:1

White contrast2.54:12.5:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Coral Reefblack text - 8.28:1

Salmonblack text - 8.4:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Salmon#FA8072

#FECDC8#FECDC8

#FDCEC9#FDCEC9

#6DEEFD#6DEEFD

#70ECFA#70ECFA

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "black text",
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    },
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  },
  {
    "slug": "salmon",
    "name": "Salmon",
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    "luminance": 0.3698,
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.4
    },
    "description": "Salmon is #FA8072, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Coral Reef, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/salmon/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 6.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 4,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0056,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Salmon",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Coral Reef"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Coral Reef",
      "background": "#FD7C6E",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.28
    },
    {
      "color": "Salmon",
      "background": "#FA8072",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.4
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FA8072.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/coral-reef-vs-salmon.json",
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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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