Light coral

#ec978e

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 relaxed. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #ec978e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec978e

RGB236, 151, 142

HSL6, 71%, 74%

HSV6, 40%, 93%

CMYK0%, 36%, 40%, 7%

Lab70.82, 30.88, 18.08

XYZ50.54, 41.92, 31.02

Decimal15505294

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1765 C

Shades of light coral

#e77c70 #e26053 #dd4535 #cd3322 #af2b1d #912418 #731d13 #56150e #380e09 #1a0604

Tints of light coral

#eea098 #efa9a2 #f1b2ab #f3bbb5 #f4c4bf #f6cdc9 #f8d6d2 #f9dfdc #fbe8e6 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8ee3ec Analogous#ec8eb4 Analogous#ecc68e Triadic#8eec97 Triadic#978eec Split complementary#8eecc6 Split complementary#8eb4ec

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 40, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec978e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 40 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 41 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #ec978e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec978e; }
.text { color: #ec978e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec978e; }

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 #ec978e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec978e 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 #ec978e 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 #ec978e 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

Here is how the numbers for #ec978e are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.