Light coral

#ec899a

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 350 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 #ec899a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec899a

RGB236, 137, 154

HSL350, 72%, 73%

HSV350, 42%, 93%

CMYK0%, 42%, 35%, 7%

Lab68.06, 39.59, 7.52

XYZ49.37, 38.06, 35.32

Decimal15501722

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone708 C

Shades of light coral

#e76c81 #e34e68 #de314e #cb213e #ae1c35 #90172c #731223 #550e1a #380911 #1a0408

Tints of light coral

#ee93a3 #ef9eac #f1a8b4 #f3b2bd #f4bcc6 #f6c7cf #f8d1d7 #f9dbe0 #fbe5e9 #fdf0f2

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#89ecdb Analogous#ec89cb Analogous#ecaa89 Triadic#9aec89 Triadic#899aec Split complementary#89ecaa Split complementary#89cbec

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 35, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec899a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 35 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 36 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.

Light coral in css

Copy #ec899a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec899a; }
.text { color: #ec899a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec899a; }

How light coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ec899a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec899a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec899a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec899a 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

The figures for #ec899a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.