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Light Coral Color

#f08080

Light Coral Color

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A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f08080

RGB

rgb(240, 128, 128)

HSL

hsl(0, 78.9%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 46.7%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 46.7%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(66.16, 42.81, 19.56)

LCH

lch(66.16, 47.07, 24.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.1378, 21.01)

HWB

hwb(0, 50.2%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80f0f0

Analogous

#f080b8

#f08080

#f0b880

Triadic

#f08080

#80f080

#8080f0

Split-complementary

#f08080

#80f0b8

#80b8f0

Tetradic

#f08080

#f0f080

#80f0f0

#8080f0

Square

#f08080

#b8f080

#80f0f0

#b880f0

Shades

Light Coral Color mixed toward black.

#ea4949

#dc1a1a

#a51313

#6e0d0d

#370606

Tints

Light Coral Color mixed toward white.

#f39595

#f5aaaa

#f8c0c0

#fad5d5

#fdeaea

Tones

Light Coral Color mixed toward gray.

#e78989

#dd9393

#d49c9c

#cba5a5

#c1afaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cac980 · ΔE 41.5

Deuteranopia

#cfd680 · ΔE 46

Tritanopia

#ec8080 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 24.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #f08080;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f08080]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

Light Coral (#f08080) is rgb(240, 128, 128) in RGB.

No, #f08080 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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