Light coral

#dd837a

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 5 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #dd837a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd837a

RGB221, 131, 122

HSL5, 59%, 67%

HSV5, 45%, 87%

CMYK0%, 41%, 45%, 13%

Lab64.17, 33.61, 19.81

XYZ41.45, 33.01, 22.6

Decimal14517114

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#d76c61 #d05548 #c74033 #ae382c #953026 #7c2820 #632019 #4a1813 #31100d #180806

Tints of light coral

#e08e86 #e39992 #e6a49e #e9afaa #ecbab5 #efc5c1 #f2d1cd #f5dcd9 #f8e7e5 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#7ad4dd Analogous#dd7aa3 Analogous#ddb47a Triadic#7add83 Triadic#837add Split complementary#7addb5 Split complementary#7aa2dd

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 45, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd837a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 45 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 45 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 #dd837a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd837a; }
.text { color: #dd837a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd837a; }

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 #dd837a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd837a 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 #dd837a 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 #dd837a 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 #dd837a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.