Nearest-color comparison

Dark Salmon vs Salmon Rose

Dark Salmon and Salmon Rose are different orange and red colors with HEX values #E9967A and #E7968B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.1, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

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

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance17.1

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0.0013

Hue delta8 deg

Lighter colorSalmon Rose

More saturatedDark Salmon

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Dark Salmon

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

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Salmon Rose

Salmon Rose is #E7968B, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#E7968B RGB231, 150, 139 HSL7, 66, 73 CMYK0, 35, 40, 9 Luminance0.4067 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Dark Salmon or Salmon Rose

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

Choose Salmon RoseSalmon Rose is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E7968B.

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 SalmonSalmon Rose

HEX#E9967A#E7968B

RGB233, 150, 122231, 150, 139

HSL15, 72, 707, 66, 73

CMYK0, 36, 48, 90, 35, 40, 9

FamilyOrangeRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantBalanced

Luminance0.40540.4067

Black contrast9.11:19.13:1

White contrast2.31:12.3:1

Shared tonesNone

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

Salmon Roseblack text - 9.13:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Salmon Rose#E7968B

#F6D5CA#F6D5CA

#F7DCD9#F7DCD9

#7BCEEA#7BCEEA

#8DDDE8#8DDDE8

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 Salmon Rose, 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/dark-salmon/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "salmon-rose",
    "name": "Salmon Rose",
    "hex": "#E7968B",
    "rgb": [
      231,
      150,
      139
    ],
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      66,
      73
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
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      9
    ],
    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
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      "balanced"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4067,
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      "white": 2.3
    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.13
    },
    "description": "Salmon Rose is #E7968B, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/salmon-rose/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 17.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 8,
    "saturation": 6,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0013,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Salmon Rose",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Dark Salmon"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "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": "Salmon Rose",
      "background": "#E7968B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.13
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Salmon Rose is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E7968B.",
  "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/salmon-rose.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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