Nearest-color comparison

Salmon Rose vs Light Coral

Salmon Rose and Light Coral are different red colors with HEX values #E7968B and #F08080. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 26.2, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Salmon Rose and Light Coral are visually related colors. Salmon Rose is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Light Coral#F08080

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance26.2

Pair contrast1.13:1

Luminance delta0.0515

Hue delta7 deg

Lighter colorSalmon Rose

More saturatedLight Coral

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Salmon Rose

Salmon Rose is #E7968B, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Light Coral, 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

red color

Light Coral

Light Coral is #F08080, a warm red 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#F08080 RGB240, 128, 128 HSL0, 79, 72 CMYK0, 47, 47, 6 Luminance0.3552 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Salmon Rose or Light Coral

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

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

PropertySalmon RoseLight Coral

HEX#E7968B#F08080

RGB231, 150, 139240, 128, 128

HSL7, 66, 730, 79, 72

CMYK0, 35, 40, 90, 47, 47, 6

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedVibrant

Luminance0.40670.3552

Black contrast9.13:18.1:1

White contrast2.3:12.59:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Salmon Roseblack text - 9.13:1

Light Coralblack text - 8.1:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Light Coral#F08080

#F7DCD9#F7DCD9

#FAD1D1#FAD1D1

#8DDDE8#8DDDE8

#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": 9.13
    },
    "description": "Salmon Rose is #E7968B, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Light Coral, 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/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "light-coral",
    "name": "Light Coral",
    "hex": "#F08080",
    "rgb": [
      240,
      128,
      128
    ],
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      0,
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    ],
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      0,
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      6
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    "family": "red",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
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    "luminance": 0.3552,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 8.1,
      "white": 2.59
    },
    "wcag": {
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.1
    },
    "description": "Light Coral is #F08080, a warm red 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/light-coral/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 26.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.13,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 7,
    "saturation": 13,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0515,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Salmon Rose",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Light Coral"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.13,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Salmon Rose",
      "background": "#E7968B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.13
    },
    {
      "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/compare/salmon-rose-vs-light-coral.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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