Light coral

#dd7f75

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

This is Light coral, a strong red sitting at 6 degrees on the wheel. 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 #dd7f75, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd7f75

RGB221, 127, 117

HSL6, 60%, 66%

HSV6, 47%, 87%

CMYK0%, 43%, 47%, 13%

Lab63.21, 35.21, 21.32

XYZ40.62, 31.84, 20.83

Decimal14516085

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#d7685c #d15144 #c53f31 #ad372b #942f24 #7b271e #631f18 #4a1812 #31100c #190806

Tints of light coral

#e08a81 #e3968e #e6a19a #e9ada6 #ecb8b3 #efc4bf #f2cfcc #f5dbd8 #f8e6e4 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#75d3dd Analogous#dd759f Analogous#ddb375 Triadic#75dd7f Triadic#7f75dd Split complementary#75ddb3 Split complementary#759fdd

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, 43, 47, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd7f75 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 47 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 47 19

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 #dd7f75 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd7f75; }
.text { color: #dd7f75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd7f75; }

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 #dd7f75 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd7f75 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 #dd7f75 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 #dd7f75 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 #dd7f75 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.