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Light Coral

Hex #F08080, rgb(240 128 128). A red CSS named color.

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About Light Coral

Light Coral is a light saturated red with the hex code #F08080. In RGB it is made of 240 red, 128 green and 128 blue; in HSL its hue is 0°, with 79% saturation and 72% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 72.5%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "lightcoral" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 2.59:1 and against black 8.10:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Light Coral mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Light Coral 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Light Coral

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Square

Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Light Coral with white and black. The readable text color on Light Coral is black.

Light Coral textSmall text on white

On white2.59:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large fail
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 50

Light Coral textSmall text on black

On black8.10:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA pass
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -52

Black text on Light Coral (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Light Coral appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#98937F
  • Deuteranopia#B4AA7E
  • Tritanopia#FF7181
  • Protanomaly#B6917F
  • Deuteranomaly#C3A07E
  • Tritanomaly#F87A80
  • Achromatopsia#A1A1A1

Colors similar to Light Coral

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Light Coral in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.light-coral {
  color: lightcoral; /* #F08080 */
  background-color: rgb(240 128 128);
  border-color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 21);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-light-coral-500, text-light-coral-700... */
@theme {
  --color-light-coral-50: #FFF8F8;
  --color-light-coral-100: #FFE9E8;
  --color-light-coral-200: #FDD2D1;
  --color-light-coral-300: #FBAFAD;
  --color-light-coral-400: #F08080;
  --color-light-coral-500: #DF5E62;
  --color-light-coral-600: #C44A4F;
  --color-light-coral-700: #A0383D;
  --color-light-coral-800: #7F2D31;
  --color-light-coral-900: #662527;
  --color-light-coral-950: #2D0608;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#F08080] text-[#000000]">…</div>