Light coral

#ee7974

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 2 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #ee7974, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee7974

RGB238, 121, 116

HSL2, 78%, 69%

HSV2, 51%, 93%

CMYK0%, 49%, 51%, 7%

Lab64.25, 44.5, 23.68

XYZ45.25, 33.11, 20.53

Decimal15628660

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#ea5d57 #e7413a #e3261e #c82018 #ab1b15 #8f1711 #72120e #550d0a #380907 #1b0403

Tints of light coral

#f08580 #f1918d #f39d99 #f4a8a5 #f6b4b2 #f7c0be #f9ccca #fad8d6 #fce4e3 #fdf0ef

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#74e9ee Analogous#ee74ac Analogous#eeb674 Triadic#74ee79 Triadic#7974ee Split complementary#74eeb6 Split complementary#74acee

Light coral in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 51, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee7974 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 51 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 51 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 #ee7974 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee7974; }
.text { color: #ee7974; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee7974; }

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 #ee7974 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee7974 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 #ee7974 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 #ee7974 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 #ee7974 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.