Farrow & Ball Dead Salmon#C7AC97 · LRV 47
Why this color. Cult muted pink-beige that became an F&B social-media signature.
Dead Salmon reads as a red-orange / warm — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 28 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Farrow & Ball |
| Name | Dead Salmon |
| SKU | No. 28 |
| Hex | #C7AC97 |
| RGB | 199, 172, 151 |
| HSL | 26°, 30%, 69% |
| LRV | 47 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Pink |
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all pink from that brand.
Benjamin Moore
Behr
PPG / Glidden
Dunn-Edwards
Valspar
Sherwin-Williams
Magnolia Home
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #C7AC97 in HSL space. Pair Dead Salmon with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.