Light coral

#ea8585

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. 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 #ea8585, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea8585

RGB234, 133, 133

HSL0, 71%, 72%

HSV0, 43%, 92%

CMYK0%, 43%, 43%, 8%

Lab66.49, 38.57, 17.08

XYZ46.55, 35.96, 26.68

Decimal15369605

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#e56868 #e04c4c #db2f2f #c62222 #aa1d1d #8d1818 #701313 #540e0e #370909 #1a0404

Tints of light coral

#ec9090 #ee9a9a #f0a5a5 #f1b0b0 #f3baba #f5c5c5 #f7d0d0 #f9dada #fbe5e5 #fcf0f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#85eaea Analogous#ea85b8 Analogous#eab885 Triadic#85ea85 Triadic#8585ea Split complementary#85eab8 Split complementary#85b7ea

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 43, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea8585 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 43 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 44 14

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 #ea8585 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea8585; }
.text { color: #ea8585; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea8585; }

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 #ea8585 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea8585 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 #ea8585 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 #ea8585 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

The figures for #ea8585 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.