Light coral

#ee8d8a

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 open. 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 #ee8d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee8d8a

RGB238, 141, 138

HSL2, 75%, 74%

HSV2, 42%, 93%

CMYK0%, 41%, 42%, 7%

Lab68.8, 36.43, 17.55

XYZ49.37, 39.06, 28.98

Decimal15633802

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#ea706c #e5524e #e13530 #d0231e #b21e1a #931915 #751411 #570f0d #390a08 #1b0504

Tints of light coral

#ef9794 #f1a19e #f2aba8 #f4b5b3 #f5bebd #f7c8c7 #f8d2d1 #fadcdb #fbe6e5 #fdf0ef

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8aebee Analogous#ee8ab9 Analogous#eebf8a Triadic#8aee8d Triadic#8d8aee Split complementary#8aeebf Split complementary#8ab9ee

Light 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, 41, 42, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee8d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 42 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 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 #ee8d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee8d8a; }
.text { color: #ee8d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee8d8a; }

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 #ee8d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee8d8a 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 #ee8d8a 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 #ee8d8a 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 #ee8d8a are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.