CSS named color

Dark Salmon #E9967A

Dark Salmon is red. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Dark Salmon used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
2.31:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
9.11:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Dark Salmon — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Dark Salmon by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#E9967A ≈ Light Salmon #7BCEEA ≈ Sky Blue

Analogous

#EA7B97 ≈ Pale Violet Red #E9967A ≈ Light Salmon #EACE7B ≈ Burlywood

Triadic

#E9967A ≈ Light Salmon #7BEA97 ≈ Light Green #977BEA ≈ Medium Purple

Split-complementary

#E9967A ≈ Light Salmon #7BEACE ≈ Aquamarine #7B97EA ≈ Cornflower Blue

Tetradic

#E9967A ≈ Light Salmon #97EA7B ≈ Light Green #7BCEEA ≈ Sky Blue #CE7BEA ≈ Orchid

Use Dark Salmon in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#e9967a], border-[#e9967a].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Dark Salmon into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Light Salmon #FFA07A Light Coral #F08080 Sandy Brown #F4A460 Salmon #FA8072 Burlywood #DEB887 Tan #D2B48C

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