What color is #FF7F50?

#FF7F50 is a light, vivid orange known as Coral. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Coral?

The RGB value is 255, 127, 80: 255 red, 127 green and 80 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Coral?

The complementary color is #50D0FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FF7F50?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.4:1 and white text 2.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Coral color: hex code #FF7F50

#FF7F50 rgb(255, 127, 80)

Shades of orange

Coral has the hex code #FF7F50. It is a light, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 49.8% green and 31.4% blue (255, 127, 80).

Its hue angle is 16°, with 100% saturation and 66% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 69% yellow and 0% black.

You can use it in CSS with the keyword coral.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.4:1).

Coral (#FF7F50) color codes

HEX	`#FF7F50`
RGB	`rgb(255, 127, 80)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 49.8%, 31.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(16, 100%, 66%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(16, 69%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 50%, 69%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(67.3, 45.35, 47.49)`
CIE LCH	`lch(67.3, 65.67, 46.32)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(50.282, 37.024, 12.086)`
Decimal	`16744272`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Coral, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FF7F50	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.5:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FF7F50 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.5:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.4:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FF7F50 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ff7f50; }
.text { color: #ff7f50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff7f50; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 127 80 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff7f50, #ffd650); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FF7F50 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FF7F50?: #FF7F50 is a light, vivid orange known as Coral. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Coral?: The RGB value is 255, 127, 80: 255 red, 127 green and 80 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Coral?: The complementary color is #50D0FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FF7F50?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.4:1 and white text 2.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.