Coral

#ec7c39

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

Coral is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Coral color values

Every conversion for #ec7c39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec7c39

RGB236, 124, 57

HSL22, 82%, 57%

HSV22, 76%, 93%

CMYK0%, 47%, 76%, 7%

Lab63.79, 38.54, 54.12

XYZ42.54, 32.54, 7.91

Decimal15498297

Web safe#ff6633

Pantone164 C

Shades of coral

#ea6c21 #db5f15 #c45513 #ac4b10 #94400e #7c360c #642b0a #4c2107 #341705 #1c0c03

Tints of coral

#ee884b #ef945d #f1a070 #f3ac82 #f5b894 #f6c4a6 #f8d0b8 #fadcca #fce8dd #fdf4ef

Colors that go with coral

Complementary#39a9ec Analogous#ec394f Analogous#ecd639 Triadic#39ec7c Triadic#7c39ec Split complementary#39ecd6 Split complementary#394fec

Coral in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 47, 76, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec7c39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 76 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 74 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Coral in css

Copy #ec7c39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec7c39; }
.text { color: #ec7c39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec7c39; }

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 #ec7c39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec7c39 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Coral on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec7c39 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn coral into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec7c39 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

Here is how the numbers for #ec7c39 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.