Light coral

#cb796f

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

Light coral lands in the red band, mid and soft. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #cb796f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb796f

RGB203, 121, 111

HSL7, 47%, 62%

HSV7, 45%, 80%

CMYK0%, 40%, 45%, 20%

Lab59.45, 30.88, 19.23

XYZ34.34, 27.52, 18.54

Decimal13334895

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone500 C

Shades of light coral

#c3665a #bc5245 #a8483d #933f35 #7f372e #6a2e26 #55251f #401c17 #2b1310 #160a08

Tints of light coral

#d0857c #d49189 #d99e96 #deaaa3 #e3b6b0 #e7c2be #eccecb #f1dad8 #f6e7e5 #faf3f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#6fc1cb Analogous#cb6f93 Analogous#cba76f Triadic#6fcb79 Triadic#796fcb Split complementary#6fcba7 Split complementary#6f93cb

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 45, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb796f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 45 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 45 26

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 #cb796f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb796f; }
.text { color: #cb796f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb796f; }

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 #cb796f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb796f 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 #cb796f 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 #cb796f 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

Every value on this page for #cb796f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.