Light coral

#ea968d

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 6 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 #ea968d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea968d

RGB234, 150, 141

HSL6, 69%, 74%

HSV6, 40%, 92%

CMYK0%, 36%, 40%, 8%

Lab70.34, 30.54, 17.94

XYZ49.65, 41.23, 30.54

Decimal15373965

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#e57b70 #df6053 #da4636 #c83525 #ab2d20 #8e251a #711e15 #54160f #370e0a #1a0705

Tints of light coral

#ec9f97 #eea8a1 #efb1ab #f1bab5 #f3c4be #f5cdc8 #f7d6d2 #f9dfdc #fae8e6 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8de1ea Analogous#ea8db2 Analogous#eac58d Triadic#8dea96 Triadic#968dea Split complementary#8deac4 Split complementary#8db3ea

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 40, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea968d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 40 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 41 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 #ea968d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea968d; }
.text { color: #ea968d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea968d; }

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 #ea968d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea968d 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 #ea968d 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 #ea968d 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ea968d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.