Coral is a pinkish orange named after the reef organism. #FF7F50 is the exact HEX behind the CSS keyword coral, and it anchors all three palettes below. Copy the HEX codes from any scheme below, or generate a harmonious coral palette anchored to a base colour you pick.
Coral Palette Ideas & HEX Codes
Warm Coral gives the hue somewhere to go, dropping to a deep #6A040F and #C1121F. Soft Coral is the tint version, starting at a near-white #FFF0EB. Coral Reef sits between them, holding a warm brick #7C2D12 under the same coral.
Warm Coral
#6A040F
#C1121F
#E85D3B
#FF7F50
#FFB396
Soft Coral
#FFF0EB
#FFD6C9
#FFB3A0
#FF7F50
#E85D3B
Coral Reef
#7C2D12
#C1440E
#F4845F
#FF7F50
#FF9E80
Anchored to a coral base — press Space or Generate to roll more schemes. Click a swatch to copy its HEX, lock one to keep it while the rest re-roll, then export as CSS, JSON or HEX.
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Drag in the colour area or the hue bar, or type a HEX / RGB value, then build a scheme anchored to it.
What Goes With Coral
Coral is fully saturated and light, so it works as an accent against something calm — teal and aqua are the traditional opposites, and a warm neutral or cream keeps it from shouting. Summer campaigns, tropical and swimwear brands, food packaging and friendly app interfaces use it. For the paler relative see peach.
Frequently Asked Questions
What HEX codes make a coral palette?
Coral sits between pink and orange — build from a deep red anchor (#6A040F, #C1121F), a true coral (#FF7F50) and soft peachy tints (#FFB396, #FFD6C9). The warm, slightly pink orange is what separates coral from a straight orange. The Warm Coral, Soft Coral and Coral Reef rows above each carry five codes, which is usually the right number: two darks, a mid and two tints. Across all three the extremes are #6A040F and #FFF0EB, which contrast at 11.5:1 — enough for body text at any size under WCAG AA and AAA.
Is coral pink or orange?
Orange, by hue. #FF7F50 sits at 16°, firmly in the orange band, but at 66% lightness and full saturation the eye reads the pink in it. Push the lightness up and it becomes peach (#FFB07C); pull it down and it becomes a brick red (#C1440E).
How do I use these colours in CSS?
Click Copy CSS for a ready-to-paste :root block with each colour as a custom property (--color-1, --color-2 and so on), or copy a single HEX straight from any swatch above. The generator here starts anchored to #FF7F50, so the first block you copy is a set of coral variations rather than a random hue. Copy JSON returns the same five values as an array for a build step or a token file, and Copy HEX returns them as a plain comma-separated line. Lock any swatch you want to keep before generating again and it survives into the next export.
What are the RGB and HSL values for coral?
The base coral this page is anchored to is #FF7F50, which is rgb(255, 127, 80) and hsl(16, 100%, 66%). A hue of 16 degrees puts it in the oranges, and 66% lightness with 100% saturation makes it a mid tone. The colour picker above accepts HEX or R, G and B numbers directly, so you can type any of those in and rebuild the palette around it. The other codes in the sets above are steps around that base: lighter, darker, or nudged a little along the hue.