Light coral

#ec7988

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 #ec7988, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec7988

RGB236, 121, 136

HSL352, 75%, 70%

HSV352, 49%, 93%

CMYK0%, 49%, 42%, 7%

Lab64.39, 45.69, 12.49

XYZ45.87, 33.29, 27.3

Decimal15497608

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone190 C

Shades of light coral

#e85c6f #e44055 #e0233c #c61c32 #aa182b #8d1424 #71101d #540c15 #37080e #1b0407

Tints of light coral

#ee8593 #ef919d #f19da8 #f3a8b2 #f4b4bd #f6c0c7 #f8ccd2 #f9d8dc #fbe4e7 #fdeff1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#79ecdd Analogous#ec79c1 Analogous#eca379 Triadic#88ec79 Triadic#7988ec Split complementary#79eca3 Split complementary#79c2ec

Light 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, 42, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec7988 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 42 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 43 13

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.

Light coral in css

Copy #ec7988 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec7988; }
.text { color: #ec7988; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec7988; }

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 #ec7988 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec7988 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 #ec7988 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 #ec7988 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 #ec7988 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.