Light coral

#df8686

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 0 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #df8686, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df8686

RGB223, 134, 134

HSL0, 58%, 70%

HSV0, 40%, 87%

CMYK0%, 40%, 40%, 13%

Lab65.33, 34.07, 14.68

XYZ43.26, 34.46, 26.93

Decimal14648966

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#d86c6c #d15252 #cb3939 #b32f2f #992929 #7f2222 #661b1b #4c1414 #320d0d #180606

Tints of light coral

#e29191 #e59b9b #e7a6a6 #eab1b1 #edbbbb #f0c6c6 #f3d1d1 #f6dcdc #f8e6e6 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#86dfdf Analogous#df86b3 Analogous#dfb386 Triadic#86df86 Triadic#8686df Split complementary#86dfb3 Split complementary#86b2df

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 40, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df8686 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 40 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 41 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #df8686 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df8686; }
.text { color: #df8686; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df8686; }

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 #df8686 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df8686 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #df8686 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #df8686 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 #df8686 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.