Light coral

#ee978e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light coral, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light coral lands in the red band, light and strong. 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 #ee978e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee978e

RGB238, 151, 142

HSL6, 74%, 75%

HSV6, 40%, 93%

CMYK0%, 37%, 40%, 7%

Lab71.05, 31.63, 18.45

XYZ51.21, 42.26, 31.05

Decimal15636366

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1765 C

Shades of light coral

#e97b70 #e55f51 #e04333 #d1301f #b2291b #942216 #761b12 #57140d #390d09 #1b0604

Tints of light coral

#efa098 #f1a9a1 #f2b2ab #f4bbb5 #f5c4bf #f7cdc8 #f8d6d2 #fadfdc #fbe8e6 #fdf1ef

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8ee5ee Analogous#ee8eb5 Analogous#eec78e Triadic#8eee97 Triadic#978eee Split complementary#8eeec7 Split complementary#8eb5ee

Light coral in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 40, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee978e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 40 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 41 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 #ee978e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee978e; }
.text { color: #ee978e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee978e; }

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 #ee978e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee978e 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 #ee978e 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 #ee978e 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 #ee978e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.