Light coral

#d98686

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 #d98686, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d98686

RGB217, 134, 134

HSL0, 52%, 69%

HSV0, 38%, 85%

CMYK0%, 38%, 38%, 15%

Lab64.58, 31.81, 13.53

XYZ41.44, 33.52, 26.84

Decimal14255750

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone500 C

Shades of light coral

#d16e6e #ca5555 #c23d3d #aa3535 #912e2e #792626 #601e1e #481717 #300f0f #170707

Tints of light coral

#dc9191 #e09b9b #e3a6a6 #e6b1b1 #eabcbc #edc6c6 #f1d1d1 #f4dcdc #f7e7e7 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#86d9d9 Analogous#d986b0 Analogous#d9b086 Triadic#86d986 Triadic#8686d9 Split complementary#86d9b0 Split complementary#86afd9

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, 38, 38, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d98686 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 38 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 39 21

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #d98686 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d98686; }
.text { color: #d98686; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d98686; }

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 #d98686 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d98686 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d98686 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d98686 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 #d98686 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.