What is Color Dark Salmon?
Dark Salmon the color is named for the color of the fish salmon’s flesh. The color salmon, like light coral is a warm orange pink. Dark salmon is more muted orange than the color salmon. If you don’t like the brightness of salmon, this color is softer and earthier.
Dark salmon is a warm toned color. that Crayola introduced its salmon pink crayon in 1949. It has a more pink tone than the HTML salmon color. The color salmon is believed to have been named so in 1776.
There is something warm and cheerful about salmon. It is a popular choice for summer clothing. The color dark salmon is one of 140 colors that browsers recognize.
HTML Color Codes for Dark Salmon
| COLOR NAME | darksalmon |
| HEX CODE | #e9967a |
| RGB | 233, 150, 122 |
How to Use HTML Colors
HTML color names can be used with inline HTML styles or in a separate CSS stylesheet, just as you would use hex color codes.
HTML
<!-- In your HTML document -->
<body>
<h1 style="color:darksalmon">Dark Salmon Title Text</h1>
<p style="color:SlateGray">Slate gray paragraph text</p>
</body>
CSS
/* In your .css stylesheet */
h1 { color: IndianRed; }
p { color: SlateGray; }
Variations of the Color Dark Salmon
- Light salmon is a lighter version of the color salmon.
- Salmon Pink is the color of the Crayola crayon introduced in 1949.
- Salmon is brighter than the color dark salmon and it is used in HTML and CSS.
Light Salmon #FFA07A
Salmon Pink (Crayon) #FF91A4
Salmon #FA8072
Web Safe Version of Dark Salmon
Web safe or browser safe colors read the same across all browsers. There are 216 colors that are in the standard web palette. If you are looking for a color that closely resembles light coral, this one will work.
| HEX #ff9966 | RGB 255, 153, 102 |
#ff9966
Dark Salmon Color Scheme
Dark Salmon #e9967a
#cc6666
Dark Red #800000
#333366
Black #000000
Dark Salmon Paint Colors
Salmon Rose 2003-3C | Valspar
Charisma SW 6605 Sherwin Williams
Sockeye SW 6619 Sherwin Williams
