Coral (color)

"Coral red" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Coral red (RAL).

The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.

Coral
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF7F50
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 127, 80)
HSV (h, s, v)	(16°, 69%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(67, 110, 24°)
Source	HTML/CSS[1] X11 color names[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid reddish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A coral-colored Algerian coral

The web color coral is a shade of orange. It is displayed adjacent. Other modern color schemes use different shades of orange or red.

The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.^[3]

Variations of coral

Coral red

Coral red
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF4040
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 64, 64)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 75%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(57, 150, 12°)
Source	ColorHexa[4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral red is displayed next to this block of text.

Coral pink

Coral pink
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F88379
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(248, 131, 121)
HSV (h, s, v)	(5°, 51%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(68, 89, 16°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep yellowish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral pink is displayed adjacent, a pinkish color.^[5]

The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892.^[6] Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish.

Still today, some people call coral red "coral pink" due to this old attribution.

The normalized color coordinates for coral pink are identical to Congo pink, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1912.^[7]

Light coral

Light coral
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F08080
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(240, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 47%, 94%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(66, 82, 12°)
Source	HTML/CSS[1] X11 color names[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color light coral is a pinkish-light orange color as displayed adjacent. It is also a HTML/CSS color name and a X11 color name.

See also

• List of colors
• RAL 3016 Coral red