Coral
#FF7F50
Coral (#FF7F50) is a light, vivid orange colour, warm. In RGB it is 255 red, 127 green and 80 blue; in HSL its hue is 16°, its saturation 100% and its lightness 66%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 69% yellow and 0% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Orange feels friendly, playful and good value. It is warm like red but less aggressive, so brands use it to look approachable and to make buttons stand out.
Text on coral
White text on coral has a contrast ratio of 2.50:1 and fails; black text has 8.40:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 2.50:1
Black text · 8.40:1
Tints and shades of coral
Colour palettes with coral
Brands with a coral logo
Brand colours close to #FF7F50, from our Brand Colour Index.
Colours similar to coral
Use coral in CSS
.button {
background-color: #FF7F50;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of orange.