Light coral

#ca797d

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light coral, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light coral is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #ca797d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca797d

RGB202, 121, 125

HSL357, 43%, 63%

HSV357, 40%, 79%

CMYK0%, 40%, 38%, 21%

Lab59.63, 32.05, 11.43

XYZ34.9, 27.71, 22.91

Decimal13269373

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone193 C

Shades of light coral

#c26469 #b94f54 #a94348 #943a3f #7f3236 #6a2a2d #552224 #40191b #2b1112 #160909

Tints of light coral

#cf8589 #d49195 #d89da0 #dda9ac #e2b6b8 #e7c2c4 #eccecf #f0dadb #f5e6e7 #faf2f3

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#79cac6 Analogous#ca79a6 Analogous#ca9d79 Triadic#7dca79 Triadic#797dca Split complementary#79ca9d Split complementary#79a6ca

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 38, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca797d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 38 21

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 39 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #ca797d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca797d; }
.text { color: #ca797d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca797d; }

How light coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ca797d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca797d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ca797d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light coral? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ca797d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ca797d are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.