Coral

#fe8b68

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

Coral is a light red that reads relaxed. 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 #fe8b68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fe8b68
RGB254, 139, 104
HSL14, 99%, 70%
HSV14, 59%, 100%
CMYK0%, 45%, 59%, 0%
Lab69.85, 40.48, 37.95
XYZ52.6, 40.54, 18.15
Decimal16681832
Web safe#ff9966
Pantone1635 C
Pantone1635 CHex#fe8b68Rgb254 139 104Cmyk0 45 59 0Lab70 40 38Darker#d63301Deep#fe5521Lighter#fac4b3

Shades of coral

Tints of coral

Colors that go with coral

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, 45, 59, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fe8b68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 45 59 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 45 58 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 #fe8b68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fe8b68; }
.text { color: #fe8b68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fe8b68; }

How coral looks on light and dark

Coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #fe8b68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.11:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fe8b68 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 #fe8b68 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #fe8b68 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #fe8b68 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.