Coral

#e77e5c

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

Coral is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #e77e5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e77e5c

RGB231, 126, 92

HSL15, 74%, 63%

HSV15, 60%, 91%

CMYK0%, 45%, 60%, 9%

Lab63.9, 37.47, 36.34

XYZ42.35, 32.68, 14.2

Decimal15171164

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone1635 C

Shades of coral

#e36a43 #df5629 #cd491e #b4401a #9a3717 #812e13 #67250f #4e1c0b #341308 #1b0904

Tints of coral

#e98a6b #eb9579 #eea188 #f0ad97 #f2b8a6 #f4c4b4 #f6d0c3 #f8dbd2 #fbe7e1 #fdf3ef

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#5cc5e7 Analogous#e75c80 Analogous#e7c35c Triadic#5ce77e Triadic#7e5ce7 Split complementary#5ce7c3 Split complementary#5c7fe7

Coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 60, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e77e5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 60 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 59 15

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Coral in css

Copy #e77e5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e77e5c; }
.text { color: #e77e5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e77e5c; }

How coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e77e5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e77e5c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e77e5c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e77e5c 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 coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e77e5c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.