Light coral

#dc8a94

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

Light coral lands in the red band, light and soft. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. 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 #dc8a94, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc8a94

RGB220, 138, 148

HSL353, 54%, 70%

HSV353, 37%, 86%

CMYK0%, 37%, 33%, 14%

Lab66.16, 32.5, 7.91

XYZ43.95, 35.53, 32.56

Decimal14453396

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone193 C

Shades of light coral

#d4717d #cd5866 #c53e4f #af3443 #962d3a #7c2530 #631e26 #4a161c #310f13 #180709

Tints of light coral

#df949d #e29fa7 #e5a9b0 #e8b3ba #ebbec3 #efc8cd #f2d2d6 #f5dde0 #f8e7e9 #fbf1f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8adcd2 Analogous#dc8abd Analogous#dca98a Triadic#94dc8a Triadic#8a94dc Split complementary#8adca9 Split complementary#8abddc

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 33, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc8a94 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 33 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 34 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.

Light coral in css

Copy #dc8a94 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc8a94; }
.text { color: #dc8a94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc8a94; }

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 #dc8a94 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc8a94 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 #dc8a94 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 #dc8a94 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 #dc8a94 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.