Light coral

#e78e8a

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

This is Light coral, a strong red sitting at 3 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 #e78e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e78e8a

RGB231, 142, 138

HSL3, 66%, 72%

HSV3, 40%, 91%

CMYK0%, 39%, 40%, 9%

Lab68.15, 33.29, 16.51

XYZ47.22, 38.17, 28.92

Decimal15175306

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone701 C

Shades of light coral

#e1736e #db5852 #d63d36 #c22e28 #a62822 #8a211c #6e1a16 #521411 #350d0b #190605

Tints of light coral

#e99894 #eba29e #edaca9 #efb5b3 #f1bfbd #f4c9c7 #f6d3d2 #f8dddc #fae7e6 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with light coral

Complementary#8ae3e7 Analogous#e78ab4 Analogous#e7bd8a Triadic#8ae78e Triadic#8e8ae7 Split complementary#8ae7bd Split complementary#8ab4e7

Light coral in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 40, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e78e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 40 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 41 15

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 #e78e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e78e8a; }
.text { color: #e78e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e78e8a; }

How light coral looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Light coral and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e78e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e78e8a 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 #e78e8a 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 #e78e8a 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e78e8a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.