Light coral

#ef736f

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

Light coral is a mid red that reads confident. 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 #ef736f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ef736f

RGB239, 115, 111

HSL2, 80%, 69%

HSV2, 54%, 94%

CMYK0%, 52%, 54%, 6%

Lab63.14, 47.39, 25.05

XYZ44.6, 31.76, 18.82

Decimal15692655

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone177 C

Shades of light coral

#ec5752 #e93b36 #e52019 #c81c16 #ab1813 #8f1410 #72100d #550c09 #380806 #1c0403

Tints of light coral

#f07f7c #f28c89 #f39895 #f5a5a2 #f6b1af #f8bebc #f9cac9 #fad7d5 #fce3e2 #fdefef

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#6febef Analogous#ef6fab Analogous#efb36f Triadic#6fef73 Triadic#736fef Split complementary#6fefb3 Split complementary#6fabef

Light coral in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 54, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ef736f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 54 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 54 12

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 #ef736f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ef736f; }
.text { color: #ef736f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ef736f; }

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 #ef736f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ef736f 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 #ef736f 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 #ef736f 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 #ef736f are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.