Light coral

#db8f8a

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 4 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #db8f8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#db8f8a

RGB219, 143, 138

HSL4, 53%, 70%

HSV4, 37%, 86%

CMYK0%, 35%, 37%, 14%

Lab66.93, 28.22, 14.6

XYZ43.62, 36.54, 28.8

Decimal14389130

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone500 C

Shades of light coral

#d37771 #cc5f58 #c4473f #ad3d35 #94342e #7b2b26 #62221e #491a17 #30110f #170807

Tints of light coral

#de9994 #e1a39f #e5ada9 #e8b7b3 #ebc0be #eecac8 #f1d4d2 #f4dedd #f8e8e7 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8ad6db Analogous#db8aad Analogous#dbb78a Triadic#8adb8f Triadic#8f8adb Split complementary#8adbb7 Split complementary#8aaedb

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, 35, 37, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #db8f8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 37 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 38 20

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 #db8f8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #db8f8a; }
.text { color: #db8f8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #db8f8a; }

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 #db8f8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #db8f8a 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 #db8f8a 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 #db8f8a 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 #db8f8a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.