Coral

#fe8a65

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

This is Coral, a vivid orange at 15 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #fe8a65, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fe8a65

RGB254, 138, 101

HSL15, 99%, 70%

HSV15, 60%, 100%

CMYK0%, 46%, 60%, 0%

Lab69.6, 40.77, 39.24

XYZ52.31, 40.19, 17.31

Decimal16681573

Web safe#ff9966

Pantone1635 C

Shades of coral

#fe7245 #fe5925 #fd4104 #e03701 #c02f01 #9f2701 #7f1f01 #5f1701 #3f0f00 #1e0800

Tints of coral

#fe9473 #fe9f80 #fea98e #feb39c #febea9 #ffc8b7 #ffd2c4 #ffddd2 #ffe7e0 #fff2ed

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#65d9fe Analogous#fe658c Analogous#fed665 Triadic#65fe8a Triadic#8a65fe Split complementary#65fed6 Split complementary#658dfe

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, 46, 60, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fe8a65 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 60 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 59 6

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 #fe8a65 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fe8a65; }
.text { color: #fe8a65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fe8a65; }

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 #fe8a65 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fe8a65 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 #fe8a65 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 #fe8a65 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 #fe8a65 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.