Coral

#ec8041

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

Coral is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #ec8041, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8041

RGB236, 128, 65

HSL22, 82%, 59%

HSV22, 72%, 93%

CMYK0%, 46%, 72%, 7%

Lab64.69, 36.84, 51.3

XYZ43.27, 33.65, 9.22

Decimal15499329

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone164 C

Shades of coral

#ea7028 #e06116 #c85614 #af4c12 #97410f #7e360d #662c0a #4d2108 #341705 #1c0c03

Tints of coral

#ee8c52 #ef9764 #f1a375 #f3ae87 #f5ba98 #f6c6a9 #f8d1bb #faddcc #fce9dd #fdf4ef

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#41adec Analogous#ec4157 Analogous#ecd641 Triadic#41ec80 Triadic#8041ec Split complementary#41ecd6 Split complementary#4157ec

Coral in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 72, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8041 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 72 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 70 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Coral in css

Copy #ec8041 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8041; }
.text { color: #ec8041; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8041; }

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 #ec8041 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8041 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec8041 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec8041 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 #ec8041 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.