Light Coral color (#F08080)
Light Coral is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightcoral
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #F08080, which is rgb(240, 128, 128) in RGB.
It is a light, vivid warm color with a hue angle of 0° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 73% in OKLCH. On a light coral background, black text gives the higher contrast at 8.10:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Light Coral color codes
| CSS name | lightcoral |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #F08080 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #F08080FF |
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| RGB | rgb(240, 128, 128) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 79%, 72%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 47%, 94%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(72.5% 0.1377 21) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 46.7%, 5.9%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light coral used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of light coral
Tints mix light coral with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with light coral
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Light Coral with color blindness
Approximately how light coral appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using light coral in CSS
.element {
color: lightcoral;
background-color: #f08080;
border-color: rgb(240 128 128 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(72.5% 0.1377 21);
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