Coral

#dc7e55

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

Coral sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #dc7e55, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc7e55

RGB220, 126, 85

HSL18, 66%, 60%

HSV18, 61%, 86%

CMYK0%, 43%, 61%, 14%

Lab62.33, 32.68, 37.85

XYZ38.62, 30.79, 12.5

Decimal14450261

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone1645 C

Shades of coral

#d76d3e #cf5d2b #b95326 #a24821 #8b3e1d #743418 #5e2a13 #47200f #30160a #190b05

Tints of coral

#df8a65 #e29674 #e6a184 #e9ad93 #ecb9a3 #efc5b2 #f2d0c2 #f6dcd1 #f9e8e1 #fcf4f0

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#55b3dc Analogous#dc556f Analogous#dcc255 Triadic#55dc7e Triadic#7e55dc Split complementary#55dcc1 Split complementary#5570dc

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, 43, 61, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc7e55 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 61 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 60 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Coral in css

Copy #dc7e55 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc7e55; }
.text { color: #dc7e55; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc7e55; }

How coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dc7e55 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc7e55 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dc7e55 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dc7e55 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 coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #dc7e55 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.