Coral #FF7F50

About this color

#FF7F50 is a medium-light, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 74%, its chroma 0.168 and its hue 40°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Coral. Black text reads best on it, at 8.40:1.

Colors that go with Coral

Matches found by rotating Coral around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Coral

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Coral, closest first.

• Aerial Sail
• Cumulus Drift
• Marigold Horizon
• Ember Burn
• Blush and Saffron
• Signal Orange
• Balloon Playground
• Gravestone Feast

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Coral, with their ΔE distance.

• Melon #FF7855 ΔE 0.017
• Pinkish Orange #FF724C ΔE 0.026
• Orange Pink #FF6F52 ΔE 0.034
• Dusty Orange #F0833A ΔE 0.036
• Salmon #FA8072 ΔE 0.038
• Pumpkin Orange #FB7D07 ΔE 0.042
• Orange Wheel #F77F00 ΔE 0.047
• Pastel Orange #FF964F ΔE 0.052

More about Coral

• Shades of orange
• Colors that go with Coral
• What orange means

How to make Coral

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part red
• 1 part yellow
• 1 part white

Recipe result: #FC7F4D, a difference of ΔE 0.006 from Coral. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Coral in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Coral

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FEF3EE

   oklch(97.1% 0.014 46.2)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FDE4DB

   oklch(93.7% 0.03 40.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FCCDBC

   oklch(88.5% 0.058 40.8)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FBA98D

   oklch(80.8% 0.105 39.6)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #FF7F50

   oklch(73.5% 0.168 40.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #E65100

   oklch(63.1% 0.197 40.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C24300

   oklch(55.5% 0.173 40.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A43700

   oklch(49% 0.153 40.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #882C00

   oklch(42.7% 0.134 40.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #722400

    oklch(37.7% 0.117 40.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #461300

    oklch(26.9% 0.084 40.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Coral with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.