Light coral

#dc8b8f

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 357 degrees on the wheel. 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 #dc8b8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dc8b8f

RGB220, 139, 143

HSL357, 54%, 70%

HSV357, 37%, 86%

CMYK0%, 37%, 35%, 14%

Lab66.26, 31.35, 10.88

XYZ43.71, 35.66, 30.57

Decimal14453647

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#d47277 #cd595e #c53f46 #af353b #962d32 #7c262a #631e21 #4a1619 #310f10 #180708

Tints of light coral

#df9599 #e29fa3 #e5aaad #e8b4b7 #ebbec0 #efc8ca #f2d3d4 #f5ddde #f8e7e8 #fbf1f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8bdcd8 Analogous#dc8bb8 Analogous#dcaf8b Triadic#8fdc8b Triadic#8b8fdc Split complementary#8bdcaf Split complementary#8bb8dc

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, 37, 35, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dc8b8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 35 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 36 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 #dc8b8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dc8b8f; }
.text { color: #dc8b8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dc8b8f; }

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 #dc8b8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dc8b8f 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 #dc8b8f 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 #dc8b8f 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 #dc8b8f is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.