Nearest-color comparison

Dark Salmon vs Light Coral

Dark Salmon and Light Coral are different orange and red colors with HEX values #E9967A and #F08080. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 23.9, their contrast ratio is 1.12:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Dark Salmon and Light Coral are very close colors. Dark Salmon is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.12:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Coral#F08080

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance23.9

Pair contrast1.12:1

Luminance delta0.0502

Hue delta15 deg

Lighter colorDark Salmon

More saturatedLight Coral

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Dark Salmon

Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Light Coral, 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#E9967A RGB233, 150, 122 HSL15, 72, 70 CMYK0, 36, 48, 9 Luminance0.4054 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Light Coral

Light Coral is #F08080, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F08080 RGB240, 128, 128 HSL0, 79, 72 CMYK0, 47, 47, 6 Luminance0.3552 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Dark Salmon or Light Coral

Choose Dark SalmonDark Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E9967A.

Choose Light CoralLight Coral is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F08080.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyDark SalmonLight Coral

HEX#E9967A#F08080

RGB233, 150, 122240, 128, 128

HSL15, 72, 700, 79, 72

CMYK0, 36, 48, 90, 47, 47, 6

FamilyOrangeRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.40540.3552

Black contrast9.11:18.1:1

White contrast2.31:12.59:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Dark Salmonblack text - 9.11:1

Light Coralblack text - 8.1:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Coral#F08080

#F6D5CA#F6D5CA

#FAD1D1#FAD1D1

#7BCEEA#7BCEEA

#7FF0F0#7FF0F0

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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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.11
    },
    "description": "Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Light Coral, 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/dark-salmon/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "light-coral",
    "name": "Light Coral",
    "hex": "#F08080",
    "rgb": [
      240,
      128,
      128
    ],
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      0,
      79,
      72
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      47,
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      6
    ],
    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.3552,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 8.1,
      "white": 2.59
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
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      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.1
    },
    "description": "Light Coral is #F08080, a warm red color with vibrant character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is darker and more 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/light-coral/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 23.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.12,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 15,
    "saturation": 7,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0502,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Dark Salmon",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Light Coral"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.12,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Dark Salmon",
      "background": "#E9967A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.11
    },
    {
      "color": "Light Coral",
      "background": "#F08080",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.1
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Light Coral is better when the design needs vibrant red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F08080.",
  "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/colors/dark-salmon.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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