CSS named color
Coral #FF7F50
The CSS keyword coral is #FF7F50. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.735, chroma 0.168 and hue 40.2°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.3702
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.735 · 0.168 · 40.2
- Best text
- Black 8.40:1
- Hue family
- Red
#FF7F50 color codes
- HEX
#FF7F50- RGB
rgb(255, 127, 80)- HSL
hsl(16, 100%, 66%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.735 0.168 40.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.735 0.128 0.109)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 67.30, a* 45.35, b* 47.49- XYZ (D65)
X 50.28, Y 37.02, Z 12.09- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 50%, 69%, 0%)
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 #FF7F50 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 8.40:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.49:1.
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
8.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +55
-
White text on it
2.49:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −53
-
As text on black
8.40:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −53
-
As text on white
2.49:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +48
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#CA4F1B 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.74 to 0.59 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FF7F50 8.40:1
It already reaches 8.40:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FF7F50 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.
Scale
Shades and tints of #FF7F50
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF7F50 sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FF7F50 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.168; #FF7F50 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.213 there: 27% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.168
- sRGB edge
- 0.168
- Display P3 edge
- 0.213
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.260
- Dominant wavelength
- 595 nm
- Excitation purity
- 66%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5059, y 0.3725
- This color#FF7F50
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF7F50
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.735 0.213 40.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ff7f50;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.4694 0.2455); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FF7F50
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%#FFBFA8
- OKLab50%#FFC1AA
- OKLCH50%#FFC4AF
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#804028
- OKLab50%#632D1A
- OKLCH50%#632D1A
Its complement #00BCE3
- sRGB50%#809E9A
- OKLab50%#B3A6A1
- OKLCH50%#89BC4D
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff7f50, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff7f50 50%, white);In use
#FF7F50 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, 4.5:18.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.49:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.49:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.49:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CA4F1B 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:18.40:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.49:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:17.49:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.49:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FF7F50 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.8; tritanopia changes it least, 16.7.
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
#A2924B ΔE2000 30.4
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#C1AF4D ΔE2000 32.8
Distinct
Reads as light soft amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF6574 ΔE2000 16.7
Distinct
Reads as light vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#A4A4A4 ΔE2000 26.7
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00BCE3. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FF7F50 · #00BCE3 | 58.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #A2924B · #A4B7E5 | 41.9 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #C1AF4D · #8BA5E3 | 48.5 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF6574 · #00C9C9 | 62.3 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #A4A4A4 · #ACACAC | 2.3 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FF7F50
Its complement is #00BCE3, a light soft blue, 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#FF7F50
- Complement#00BCE3
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FF7791
- Base#FF7F50
- +30°#E79500
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FF7F50
- +120°#00C885
- +240°#999EFF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FF7F50
- +150°#00C2BB
- +210°#5DAEFF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-coral: #ff7f50;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
coral: '#ff7f50',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-coral: oklch(0.735 0.168 40.2);
}{
"color": {
"coral": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.498, 0.3137],
"hex": "#ff7f50"
},
"$description": "CSS named color coral"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let coral = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.498, blue: 0.314, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Coral = Color(0xFFFF7F50)
}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 #FF7F50 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.