Light coral

#df8b8b

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

Light 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.

Light coral color values

Every conversion for #df8b8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df8b8b

RGB223, 139, 139

HSL0, 57%, 71%

HSV0, 38%, 87%

CMYK0%, 38%, 38%, 13%

Lab66.53, 31.99, 13.56

XYZ44.32, 36.02, 29.04

Decimal14650251

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#d87171 #d15757 #ca3d3d #b43232 #9a2a2a #802323 #661c1c #4c1515 #320e0e #180707

Tints of light coral

#e29595 #e59f9f #e7aaaa #eab4b4 #edbebe #f0c8c8 #f3d2d2 #f6dddd #f8e7e7 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8bdfdf Analogous#df8bb5 Analogous#dfb58b Triadic#8bdf8b Triadic#8b8bdf Split complementary#8bdfb5 Split complementary#8bb5df

Light coral in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 38, 38, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df8b8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 38 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 39 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light coral in css

Copy #df8b8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df8b8b; }
.text { color: #df8b8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df8b8b; }

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 #df8b8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df8b8b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #df8b8b 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #df8b8b 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

Every value on this page for #df8b8b 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.