Coral

#ec8463

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

Coral is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #ec8463, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8463

RGB236, 132, 99

HSL14, 78%, 66%

HSV14, 58%, 93%

CMYK0%, 44%, 58%, 7%

Lab65.93, 36.82, 35.22

XYZ45.1, 35.24, 16.23

Decimal15500387

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of coral

#e96f48 #e5592d #d9481a #be3f17 #a33614 #882d11 #6d240d #521b0a #361207 #1b0903

Tints of coral

#ee8f71 #ef9a7f #f1a58d #f3b09b #f5bba9 #f6c6b7 #f8d1c5 #fadcd3 #fbe7e1 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#63cbec Analogous#ec6386 Analogous#ecc963 Triadic#63ec84 Triadic#8463ec Split complementary#63ecc8 Split complementary#6387ec

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, 44, 58, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8463 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 58 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 57 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.

Coral in css

Copy #ec8463 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8463; }
.text { color: #ec8463; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8463; }

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 #ec8463 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8463 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec8463 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec8463 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

Every value on this page for #ec8463 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.