Salmon Peach
190A-3 · #FFB9C8 · LRV 60 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Salmon Peach60
- 4Romance66
- 5First Light76
What Color Is Salmon Peach, Really?
Salmon Peach reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 190A-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Salmon Peach
Salmon Peach is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Salmon Peach
At LRV 60, Salmon Peach is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Salmon Peach are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr 190A-3 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | In the PinkSW 6583 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.7 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pure Pink1325 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pink IcingV041-3 · Valspar | 3.8 | 60.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Powder RosePPG1184-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.8 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cotton Candy Pink75RR 63/207 · Glidden | 3.1 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Vintage Glass202-3DB · Dutch Boy | 4.2 | 58 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Salmon Peach within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #FFB9C8 in HSL space. Pair Salmon Peach with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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