Coral

#e87755

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

Coral is a mid red that reads confident. 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.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #e87755, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e87755

RGB232, 119, 85

HSL14, 76%, 62%

HSV14, 63%, 91%

CMYK0%, 49%, 63%, 9%

Lab62.51, 40.95, 38.45

XYZ41.52, 31.01, 12.39

Decimal15234901

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone1645 C

Shades of coral

#e5633c #e14f23 #cc441c #b23c18 #993315 #802b11 #67220e #4d1a0a #341107 #1b0904

Tints of coral

#ea8364 #ec9074 #ee9c83 #f0a893 #f2b5a2 #f5c1b2 #f7cdc1 #f9dad0 #fbe6e0 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#55c6e8 Analogous#e8557c Analogous#e8c155 Triadic#55e877 Triadic#7755e8 Split complementary#55e8c1 Split complementary#557ce8

Coral in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 63, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e87755 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 63 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 62 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 #e87755 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e87755; }
.text { color: #e87755; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e87755; }

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 #e87755 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e87755 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 #e87755 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 #e87755 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

The figures for #e87755 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.