Light Coral Color Codes
Light Coral is a mid-tone, saturated red with the hex code #F08080, RGB values of 240, 128, 128 and an HSL value of hsl(0, 79%, 72%).
| HEX | #F08080 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 240, 128, 128 |
| HSL | hsl(0, 79%, 72%) |
| HSV | 0°, 47%, 94% |
| CMYK | 0%, 47%, 47%, 6% |
| LAB | 66.16, 42.81, 19.56 |
| CIELCHuv | 66.16, 81.53, 12.17° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 177 C ΔE 4.0 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
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lightcoralΔE 0.0
Source CSS Color Module Level 4 keyword 'LightCoral'
Light Coral Color Hex Code
The Light Coral color hex code is #F08080. Those six digits are three pairs, F0 for red, 80 for green and 80 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#F08080
Light Coral Color RGB Code
The Light Coral RGB code is rgb(240, 128, 128). Red carries the most light at 240 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(240, 128, 128)
Light Coral Color HSV Code
The Light Coral HSV code is 0°, 47%, 94%. Read it as a hue of 0 degrees, 47% saturation and 94% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
0°, 47%, 94%
Light Coral Color CIELChuv Code
The Light Coral CIELCHuv code is 66.16, 81.53, 12.17°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 66 means light to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 82 is how far it sits from grey.
66.16, 81.53, 12.17°
Tonal scale
What are Light Coral Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Light Coral Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #F08080. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Directly opposite sits #80F0F0, a very light, saturated teal. No other pairing separates two hues further, so this is the one to reach for when a single element has to win attention. Both are saturated, so give the complement much less area than the base or the two will fight.
Analogous
#F080B8 and #F0B880 sit 30 degrees either side. All three share most of their hue, so the set reads as one family instead of three separate decisions. Good for backgrounds and for state variations that should not announce themselves.
Triadic
#80F080 and #8080F0 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #80F0B8 and #80B8F0. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #80F0F0, and #B8F080 with #B880F0. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat the darkest of the four as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Light Coral accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
2.59:12.59
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Black background
8.10:18.10
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
At 2.59:1 against white, Light Coral is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 8.10:1.
Color vision
How Light Coral looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#CAC980
Light Coral changes substantially here. ΔE 57.6
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#CFD680
Light Coral changes substantially here. ΔE 64.4
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#EC8080
Light Coral holds up almost unchanged here. ΔE 1.8
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#A1A1A1
Light Coral changes substantially here. ΔE 47.1
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Light Coral reads as #CFD680. That is a shift of ΔE 64.4, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. It sits in the red end of the spectrum, which is exactly where red-green deficiency does its damage. Never pair it with a green of similar lightness to signal a difference in meaning: to a large minority the two become one color. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 64.4. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Light Coral in code
:root {
--light-coral: #F08080;
}
.example {
color: var(--light-coral);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'light-coral': '#F08080',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let lightCoral = Color(
red: 0.941,
green: 0.502,
blue: 0.502
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="light_coral">#F08080</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const lightCoral = Color(0xFFF08080);