Coral

#fb804f

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

Coral is a mid orange with confident 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 #fb804f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fb804f

RGB251, 128, 79

HSL17, 96%, 65%

HSV17, 69%, 98%

CMYK0%, 49%, 69%, 2%

Lab66.91, 43.32, 47.41

XYZ48.91, 36.51, 11.87

Decimal16482383

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1645 C

Shades of coral

#fa6b32 #fa5614 #eb4705 #ce3e05 #b03504 #932c03 #762303 #581b02 #3b1201 #1e0901

Tints of coral

#fb8b5f #fc976f #fca27f #fcae8e #fdb99e #fdc5ae #fed0be #fedcce #fee7de #fff2ee

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#4fcafb Analogous#fb4f74 Analogous#fbd64f Triadic#4ffb80 Triadic#804ffb Split complementary#4ffbd6 Split complementary#4f74fb

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, 49, 69, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fb804f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 69 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 67 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 #fb804f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fb804f; }
.text { color: #fb804f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fb804f; }

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 #fb804f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fb804f 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 #fb804f 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 #fb804f 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 #fb804f 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. 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.