CSS named color

Light Coral #F08080

The CSS keyword lightcoral is #F08080. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.725, chroma 0.138 and hue 21.0°.

Relative luminance: 0.3552
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.725 · 0.138 · 21.0
Best text: Black 8.10:1
Hue family: Red

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#F08080 color codes

HEX: #F08080
RGB: rgb(240, 128, 128)
HSL: hsl(0, 79%, 72%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.725 0.138 21.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.725 0.129 0.049)
CIELAB (D65): L* 66.16, a* 42.81, b* 19.56
XYZ (D65): X 47.55, Y 35.53, Z 24.77
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 47%, 47%, 6%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #F08080 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.10:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.59:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

8.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +53
White text on it

2.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −55
As text on black

8.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −51
As text on white

2.59:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +50

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#BE5356 4.60:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.72 to 0.58 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#F08080 8.10:1

It already reaches 8.10:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F08080 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #F08080

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F08080 sits at step 400.

50#FFF1F1

White
1.09
Black
19.10
100#FFE4E2

White
1.20
Black
17.44
200#FFC8C5

White
1.46
Black
14.31
300#FF9F9E

White
1.96
Black
10.70
400This color#F08080

White
2.59
Black
8.10
500#CC6061

White
3.87
Black
5.41
600#B0484B

White
5.41
Black
3.87
700#943136

White
7.63
Black
2.75
800#741720

White
11.13
Black
1.88
900#53000E

White
15.28
Black
1.37
950#320005

White
18.45
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #F08080 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.171; #F08080 uses 81% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.218 there: 28% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.138
sRGB edge: 0.171
Display P3 edge: 0.218
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.314
Dominant wavelength: 611 nm
Excitation purity: 36%
Chromaticity: x 0.4409, y 0.3294

This color#F08080
Most vivid in sRGB#FF7376
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.725 0.218 21.0)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #f08080;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.4142 0.4272); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #F08080

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#F8C0C0
OKLab50%#FCC0BE
OKLCH50%#FCC0BE

Black #000000

sRGB50%#784040
OKLab50%#5D2E2E
OKLCH50%#5D2E2E

Its complement #00BCC6

sRGB50%#789EA3
OKLab50%#AAA4A4
OKLCH50%#A796F1

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f08080, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f08080 50%, white);

In use

#F08080 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:18.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.59:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.59:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.59:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BE5356 4.60:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:18.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.22:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:17.22:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.22:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F08080 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.2; tritanopia changes it least, 4.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#98937F ΔE2000 28.4

Distinct

Reads as light grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#B4AA7E ΔE2000 32.2

Distinct

Reads as light muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF7181 ΔE2000 4.7

Close match

Reads as light vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#A1A1A1 ΔE2000 24.5

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BCC6. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#F08080 · #00BCC6	67.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#98937F · #ACB3C7	21.9	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#B4AA7E · #96A3C7	32.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FF7181 · #00C4BF	62.0	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#A1A1A1 · #AAAAAA	2.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F08080

Its complement is #00BCC6, a light soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio

Base#F08080
Complement#00BCC6

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#E680B1
Base#F08080
+30°#E98A4F

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#F08080
+120°#73BB67
+240°#74A5FC

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#F08080
+150°#1AC19A
+210°#26B4EC

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lightcoral: #f08080;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lightcoral: '#f08080',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-lightcoral: oklch(0.725 0.138 21.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lightcoral": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9412, 0.502, 0.502],
        "hex": "#f08080"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lightcoral"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lightcoral = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.941, green: 0.502, blue: 0.502, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lightcoral = Color(0xFFF08080)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #F08080 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Light Coral #F08080

#F08080 color codes

Contrast: is #F08080 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #F08080 live

Shades and tints of #F08080

How vivid #F08080 can get

Mixing #F08080

#F08080 in an interface

How #F08080 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #F08080

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #F08080 in the tools