Coral

#fb7a53

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

Coral is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #fb7a53, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fb7a53

RGB251, 122, 83

HSL14, 95%, 65%

HSV14, 67%, 98%

CMYK0%, 51%, 67%, 2%

Lab65.79, 46.47, 44.06

XYZ48.3, 35.05, 12.4

Decimal16480851

Web safe#ff6666

Pantone811 C

Shades of coral

#fa6335 #fa4c18 #ed3b06 #d03405 #b22d04 #952503 #771e03 #591602 #3c0f01 #1e0701

Tints of coral

#fb8662 #fc9272 #fc9e81 #fcaa91 #fdb6a0 #fdc2b0 #fecebf #fedacf #fee6de #fff2ee

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#53d4fb Analogous#fb5380 Analogous#fbce53 Triadic#53fb7a Triadic#7a53fb Split complementary#53fbce Split complementary#5380fb

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, 51, 67, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fb7a53 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 67 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 66 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 #fb7a53 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fb7a53; }
.text { color: #fb7a53; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fb7a53; }

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 #fb7a53 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fb7a53 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 #fb7a53 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 #fb7a53 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

Here is how the numbers for #fb7a53 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.