Light coral

#ff8396

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

This is Light coral, a vivid red sitting at 351 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #ff8396, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff8396

RGB255, 131, 150

HSL351, 100%, 76%

HSV351, 49%, 100%

CMYK0%, 49%, 41%, 0%

Lab69.25, 48.84, 11.8

XYZ54.86, 39.69, 33.62

Decimal16745366

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone183 C

Shades of light coral

#ff5f78 #ff3c5a #ff183c #f40025 #d00020 #ad001a #890015 #660010 #42000a #1f0005

Tints of light coral

#ff8e9f #ff98a8 #ffa3b1 #ffadba #ffb8c3 #ffc3cc #ffcdd5 #ffd8de #ffe3e7 #ffedf0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#83ffec Analogous#ff83d4 Analogous#ffae83 Triadic#96ff83 Triadic#8396ff Split complementary#83ffae Split complementary#83d4ff

Light coral in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 41, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff8396 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 41 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 42 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.

Light coral in css

Copy #ff8396 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff8396; }
.text { color: #ff8396; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff8396; }

How light coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ff8396 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff8396 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ff8396 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ff8396 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 light coral, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #ff8396 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.