Marisol Sweater Tank
Aperol
#F79C82
Clear salmon
A Light Spring color
anchor color 7 of 10 in Light Spring. Also called Light Warm Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Clear salmon is the Light Spring coral: lighter and softer than a True Spring coral, clearer than a Soft Autumn terracotta. It is the season's most useful warm color, light enough to wear at the face every day and bright enough to read as a color. Eight points from Light Spring's own warm coral.
Clear salmon is an anchor color in Light Spring. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Warm coral pink #F98A7E, a True Spring color, at a distance of 11: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
At RGB 247, 156, 130 the red leads, the green sits in the middle and the blue is a step below it. That spacing is what makes it a salmon: warmer than a pink, lighter than a coral. The green above the blue keeps it warm. Push the red and drop the green and it becomes True Spring's coral; add grey and it becomes Soft Autumn's dusty terracotta.
A Light Spring wears it as a main color: a sweater, a blouse, a dress, a linen shirt. It is the color that gives a Light Spring the most warmth without making her look heavy. It works with cream, light camel, soft stone and warm beige, and it pairs well with warm aqua and light warm periwinkle for a summer palette.
Retail calls it salmon, coral, melon, papaya, guava and peach blossom. Many corals are darker and stronger than this, and a lot of salmon is a shade greyed; the version that lands on a Light Spring is clear and light. Marine Layer's softer corals and Boden's summer pinks are the places it shows up most. Spring and summer are when to buy it.
The nearest colors are Light Spring's warm coral at eight points and True Spring's warm coral pink at eleven. Both Springs' peaches are about thirteen points off and more orange. Soft Autumn's dusty terracotta is seventeen points away and is the same hue with grey folded in, which is the thing to watch for on a rail; Dark Autumn's terracotta is twenty and much deeper. A True Spring can wear this color; on her it reads a shade soft.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Warm coral pink #F98A7E
True Spring anchor · ΔE 11
Peach #FBB080
True Spring anchor · ΔE 13
Dusty terracotta #C08268
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 17
Terracotta #C46A45
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 20
Warm dusty rose #C89A93
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 24
Soft rust #A96A4A
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 24
As of November 11, 2026, 1 in-stock piece across Marine Layer sample within a close match of #F79C82. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #F79C82 today, so they are the words to search for.
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Yes. Clear salmon (#F79C82) is an anchor color in the Light Spring palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
It is a light coral. Coral in most stores is darker and more saturated, closer to True Spring's version. Clear salmon is the lighter, softer step, which is why it suits a Light Spring. If a coral looks loud against your face, the salmon version is the one to try.
Yes. True Spring's warm coral pink is eleven points away and its peach thirteen, so this reads as a softer cousin of her own colors. It works best on a True Spring in summer, with cream and camel.
For a Light Spring: cream, light camel, soft stone, warm beige, warm aqua, light warm periwinkle and light golden yellow. Salmon with warm aqua is the summer pairing to try first. Avoid black, which makes it look harsh, and cool grey, which makes it look dull.
Grey and depth. Terracotta has grey in it and is darker, which is why it belongs to the Autumns. Clear salmon is light and clean. Soft Autumn's dusty terracotta is seventeen points away; on a Light Spring it looks muddy, and on a Soft Autumn clear salmon looks a step too bright.
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