Light coral

#ec8f89

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 4 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 #ec8f89, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8f89

RGB236, 143, 137

HSL4, 72%, 73%

HSV4, 42%, 93%

CMYK0%, 39%, 42%, 7%

Lab68.96, 34.54, 18.29

XYZ48.93, 39.28, 28.67

Decimal15503241

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#e7736c #e3574e #de3b31 #cb2b21 #ae251c #901f17 #731812 #55120e #380c09 #1a0604

Tints of light coral

#ee9993 #efa29e #f1aca8 #f3b6b2 #f4c0bc #f6c9c7 #f8d3d1 #f9dddb #fbe7e5 #fdf0f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#89e6ec Analogous#ec89b5 Analogous#ecc189 Triadic#89ec8f Triadic#8f89ec Split complementary#89ecc1 Split complementary#89b5ec

Light coral in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 42, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8f89 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 42 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #ec8f89 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8f89; }
.text { color: #ec8f89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8f89; }

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 #ec8f89 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8f89 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 #ec8f89 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 #ec8f89 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 #ec8f89 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.