Coral

#fd8466

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

Coral lands in the red band, light and vivid. 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.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #fd8466, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fd8466

RGB253, 132, 102

HSL12, 97%, 70%

HSV12, 60%, 99%

CMYK0%, 48%, 60%, 1%

Lab68.27, 43.47, 37.03

XYZ51.16, 38.34, 17.28

Decimal16614502

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone170 C

Shades of coral

#fd6a46 #fc5126 #fc3706 #de2f03 #be2802 #9e2102 #7e1a02 #5e1401 #3e0d01 #1e0600

Tints of coral

#fd8f74 #fd9a81 #fea58f #feb09c #febaaa #fec5b7 #fed0c5 #fedbd2 #ffe6e0 #fff1ed

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#66dffd Analogous#fd6693 Analogous#fdd066 Triadic#66fd84 Triadic#8466fd Split complementary#66fdd0 Split complementary#6693fd

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, 48, 60, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fd8466 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 60 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 59 7

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 #fd8466 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fd8466; }
.text { color: #fd8466; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fd8466; }

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 #fd8466 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fd8466 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 #fd8466 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 #fd8466 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

Every value on this page for #fd8466 is computed, not guessed. 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.