Light coral

#cc796e

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 balanced. 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 #cc796e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cc796e

RGB204, 121, 110

HSL7, 48%, 62%

HSV7, 46%, 80%

CMYK0%, 41%, 46%, 20%

Lab59.56, 31.16, 19.97

XYZ34.55, 27.64, 18.27

Decimal13400430

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone500 C

Shades of light coral

#c56659 #bd5244 #a9483c #943f34 #7f372d #6b2e25 #56251e #411c17 #2c130f #170a08

Tints of light coral

#d1857b #d59188 #da9e96 #dfaaa3 #e3b6b0 #e8c2bd #ecceca #f1dad7 #f6e7e5 #faf3f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#6ec1cc Analogous#cc6e92 Analogous#cca86e Triadic#6ecc79 Triadic#796ecc Split complementary#6ecca8 Split complementary#6e92cc

Light coral in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 46, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cc796e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 46 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 46 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 #cc796e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cc796e; }
.text { color: #cc796e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cc796e; }

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 #cc796e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cc796e 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 #cc796e 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 #cc796e 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 #cc796e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.