Salmon on Slate
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Design that earns its keep
A tiny landing page, painted entirely with this palette so you can judge it doing real work.
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How the preview picks colors: the lightest swatch becomes the page background, the darkest becomes the text, and the most vivid becomes the button. To override: tap a chip to arm it, then click any outlined part of the mockup to paint (or drag the chip there). Your arrangement is saved into this page's URL, so copying the link shares it.
Why it works
Salmon is the only saturated voice here; slate, putty, and chalk form a cool-to-warm neutral ramp that lets it act as a UI accent without a second color fighting for clicks. The slate blue is salmon's rough complement pushed toward gray, so the contrast registers as balance rather than clash. Chalk backgrounds, ink text, salmon buttons — the ratio almost designs itself.
Built around Salmon.
Use this palette
- #fa8072salmon
- #5d6b79slate
- #cbbcb1putty
- #f5f1ecchalk
- #262b31ink
The variables, doing badge duty
:root {
--color-salmon: #fa8072;
--color-slate: #5d6b79;
--color-putty: #cbbcb1;
--color-chalk: #f5f1ec;
--color-ink: #262b31;
}In Salmon on Slate's world
@theme {
--color-salmon: #fa8072;
--color-slate: #5d6b79;
--color-putty: #cbbcb1;
--color-chalk: #f5f1ec;
--color-ink: #262b31;
}{
"name": "Salmon on Slate",
"colors": [
{
"hex": "#fa8072",
"role": "salmon"
},
{
"hex": "#5d6b79",
"role": "slate"
},
{
"hex": "#cbbcb1",
"role": "putty"
},
{
"hex": "#f5f1ec",
"role": "chalk"
},
{
"hex": "#262b31",
"role": "ink"
}
]
}