Lightcoral #F08080 colour

#F08080 is the CSS colour lightcoral. RGB 240, 128, 128, HSL 0, 79%, 72%. Black text passes AAA (8.10:1), white fails (2.59:1). Tints, shades and palettes.

#F08080

CSS name: lightcoral
Nearest other: salmon #fa8072
Described as: a light red
Red, green, blue: 240, 128, 128
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3552 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#f08080`
RGB	`rgb(240, 128, 128)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(94.1% 50.2% 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 78.9%, 72.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 46.7%, 94.1%)`
HWB	`hwb(0 50.2% 5.9%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 47%, 47%, 6%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(66.65% 43.82 20.51)`
OKLCH	`oklch(72.46% 0.1377 21.03)`
Decimal	`15761536`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.59:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 8.10:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	8.10:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #F08080 (8.10:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#f18c8c 18%#f39797 27%#f4a3a3 36%#f5aeae 45%#f7baba 55%#f8c5c5 64%#fad1d1 73%#fbdcdc 82%#fce8e8 91%#fef3f3

9%#da7474 18%#c46969 27%#af5d5d 36%#995151 45%#834646 55%#6d3a3a 64%#572f2f 73%#412323 82%#2c1717 91%#160c0c

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#f08080 #80f0f0

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#f080b8 #f08080 #f0b880

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#f08080 #80f080 #8080f0

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#f08080 #80f0b8 #80b8f0

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#f08080 #b8f080 #80f0f0 #b880f0

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#f08080 Protanopia#98937f Deuteranopia#b4aa7e Tritanopia#ff7181 Achromatopsia#a1a1a1

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #f08080;`
Background	`background-color: #f08080;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #f08080;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(240 128 128 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #f08080;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f08080, #904d4d);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f6b3b3, #f08080);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #f08080; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #F08080 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.