Light coral

#cd786f

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

This is Light coral, a soft red sitting at 6 degrees on the wheel. 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 #cd786f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd786f

RGB205, 120, 111

HSL6, 48%, 62%

HSV6, 46%, 80%

CMYK0%, 41%, 46%, 20%

Lab59.49, 32.19, 19.33

XYZ34.76, 27.56, 18.53

Decimal13465711

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone500 C

Shades of light coral

#c6645a #be5045 #ab463b #963d34 #81352d #6b2c25 #56231e #411b17 #2c120f #170908

Tints of light coral

#d2847c #d69189 #db9d96 #dfa9a3 #e4b5b0 #e8c2bd #edcecb #f1dad8 #f6e6e5 #faf3f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#6fc4cd Analogous#cd6f95 Analogous#cda76f Triadic#6fcd78 Triadic#786fcd Split complementary#6fcda7 Split complementary#6f95cd

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 46, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd786f 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 #cd786f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd786f; }
.text { color: #cd786f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd786f; }

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 #cd786f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd786f 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 #cd786f 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 #cd786f 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 #cd786f are worked out. 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.