Coral

#fa8d65

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

Coral is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #fa8d65, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fa8d65

RGB250, 141, 101

HSL16, 94%, 69%

HSV16, 60%, 98%

CMYK0%, 44%, 60%, 2%

Lab69.69, 37.73, 39.23

XYZ51.3, 40.31, 17.39

Decimal16420197

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of coral

#f97646 #f85f27 #f74808 #d83f07 #b93606 #9a2d05 #7b2404 #5c1b03 #3d1202 #1e0901

Tints of coral

#fa9773 #fba180 #fbab8e #fcb59c #fcc0a9 #fdcab7 #fdd4c5 #feded2 #fee8e0 #fef2ee

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#65d2fa Analogous#fa6588 Analogous#fad765 Triadic#65fa8d Triadic#8d65fa Split complementary#65fad8 Split complementary#6587fa

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, 44, 60, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fa8d65 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 60 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 59 8

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.

Coral in css

Copy #fa8d65 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fa8d65; }
.text { color: #fa8d65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa8d65; }

How coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #fa8d65 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fa8d65 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #fa8d65 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #fa8d65 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 coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #fa8d65 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.