Nearest-color comparison

Light Salmon vs Dark Salmon

Light Salmon and Dark Salmon are different orange colors with HEX values #FFA07A and #E9967A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.2, their contrast ratio is 1.16:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Light Salmon and Dark Salmon are very close colors. Light Salmon is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.16:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance24.2

Pair contrast1.16:1

Luminance delta0.0727

Hue delta2 deg

Lighter colorLight Salmon

More saturatedLight Salmon

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Light Salmon

Light Salmon is #FFA07A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFA07A RGB255, 160, 122 HSL17, 100, 74 CMYK0, 37, 52, 0 Luminance0.4781 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Dark Salmon

Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Light Salmon, it is darker 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

When to Use Light Salmon or Dark Salmon

Choose Light SalmonLight Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFA07A.

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

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyLight SalmonDark Salmon

HEX#FFA07A#E9967A

RGB255, 160, 122233, 150, 122

HSL17, 100, 7415, 72, 70

CMYK0, 37, 52, 00, 36, 48, 9

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.47810.4054

Black contrast10.56:19.11:1

White contrast1.99:12.31:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Light Salmonblack text - 10.56:1

Dark Salmonblack text - 9.11:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

#FFE2D6#FFE2D6

#F6D5CA#F6D5CA

#7AD9FF#7AD9FF

#7BCEEA#7BCEEA

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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    "bestText": {
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    },
    "description": "Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Light Salmon, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.16,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 2,
    "saturation": 28,
    "lightness": 4
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0727,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Light Salmon",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Light Salmon"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.16,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Light Salmon",
      "background": "#FFA07A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.56
    },
    {
      "color": "Dark Salmon",
      "background": "#E9967A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.11
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Dark Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E9967A.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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