Light coral

#ec8288

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 soft. 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 #ec8288, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8288

RGB236, 130, 136

HSL357, 74%, 72%

HSV357, 45%, 93%

CMYK0%, 45%, 42%, 7%

Lab66.19, 41.15, 15.02

XYZ47.02, 35.58, 27.68

Decimal15499912

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#e8656c #e34851 #df2b35 #c91f28 #ac1a22 #8f161d #721117 #550d11 #38080b #1b0405

Tints of light coral

#ee8d92 #ef989d #f1a3a7 #f3aeb2 #f4b9bc #f6c4c7 #f8cfd1 #f9dadb #fbe5e6 #fdf0f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#82ece6 Analogous#ec82bd Analogous#ecb182 Triadic#88ec82 Triadic#8288ec Split complementary#82ecb1 Split complementary#82bdec

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 42, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8288 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 42 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 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 #ec8288 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8288; }
.text { color: #ec8288; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8288; }

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 #ec8288 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8288 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 #ec8288 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 #ec8288 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

Every value on this page for #ec8288 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.