Dark Coral #CF524E

About this color

#CF524E is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 60%, its chroma 0.160 and its hue 25°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Coral. Black text reads best on it, at 4.97:1.

Colors that go with Dark Coral

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

Color palettes with Dark Coral

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

• Gingerbread and Sleigh
• Candy Cane Garland
• Cranberry and Holly
• Candy Cane Stockings
• Gingerbread Fireside
• Blush and Saffron
• Persimmon Skyline
• Amber Walk

Similar named colors

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

• Faded Red #D3494E ΔE 0.017
• Pale Red #D9544D ΔE 0.020
• Indian Red #CD5C5C ΔE 0.022
• Pastel Red #DB5856 ΔE 0.028
• Terracotta #CA6641 ΔE 0.050
• Terra Cotta #C9643B ΔE 0.050
• Imperial Red #E63946 ΔE 0.050
• Deep Rose #C74767 ΔE 0.051

More about Dark Coral

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Dark 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.

• 2 parts red
• 2 parts pink
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #D55053, a difference of ΔE 0.013 from Dark Coral. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark 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 Dark 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 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF3F2

   oklch(97.1% 0.01 25.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E4E2

   oklch(93.5% 0.023 24.1)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F5CFCB

   oklch(88.6% 0.043 25.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #EFADA7

   oklch(80.8% 0.079 24.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E48079

   oklch(70.8% 0.125 24.9)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #CF524E

   oklch(60.2% 0.16 24.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C43C3B

   oklch(55.5% 0.173 25.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A92C2E

   oklch(49% 0.162 24.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #892727

   oklch(42.6% 0.133 24.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6F2624

    oklch(37.8% 0.104 25)

11. Step 950

    950

    #411715

    oklch(26.9% 0.066 25.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark 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.