#FF7F50

A light, vivid orange closely aligning with Coral.

About #FF7F50

At its core, #FF7F50 is a light and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Coral. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(255, 127, 80).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 50% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 16.1° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 65.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF7F50
RGB255, 127, 80
HSL16.1°, 100.0%, 65.7%
CMYK0%, 50%, 69%, 0%
HSV16.1°, 68.6%, 100.0%
LAB67.3, 45.4, 47.5
XYZ50.3, 37.0, 12.1
Decimal16744272

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.50:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.40:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.39:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.14:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF7F50; }
.text-color { color: #FF7F50; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF7F50; }

Similar Colors

Coral
#FF7F50