Light coral

#e97e81

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

Light coral is a light red that reads relaxed. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. 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 #e97e81, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e97e81

RGB233, 126, 129

HSL358, 71%, 70%

HSV358, 46%, 91%

CMYK0%, 46%, 45%, 9%

Lab64.83, 41.38, 17.01

XYZ45.03, 33.83, 24.93

Decimal15302273

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#e46266 #df464a #db2a2f #c22126 #a61c20 #8a181b #6e1315 #520e10 #36090b #1a0405

Tints of light coral

#eb898c #ed9597 #efa0a2 #f1acad #f3b7b9 #f5c2c4 #f7cecf #f9d9da #fae4e5 #fcf0f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#7ee9e6 Analogous#e97eb7 Analogous#e9b17e Triadic#81e97e Triadic#7e81e9 Split complementary#7ee9b1 Split complementary#7eb6e9

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, 46, 45, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e97e81 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 45 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 45 15

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 #e97e81 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e97e81; }
.text { color: #e97e81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e97e81; }

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 #e97e81 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e97e81 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 #e97e81 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 #e97e81 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 #e97e81 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.