Coral Pink `#F88379`

Coral Pink (#F88379) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.145. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#F88379`
RGB	`rgb(248, 131, 121)`
HSL	`hsl(5, 90%, 72%)`
HSV	`hsv(5, 51%, 97%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 47%, 51%, 3%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(67.7 43.6 25.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.738 0.145 26)`

How Coral Pink behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Coral Pink shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fa7e70 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #fd8376 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #f88379 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #f9847b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.47:1 and against black 8.51:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Coral Pink

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffedeb · #ffb3aa · #f88379 · #bf5951 · #913833 · #661716

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ffc293 · #ffa27e · #f88379 · #dc7284 · #be648a · #9e588b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f88379 · #a48658 · #aa4e47 · #6d4a00 · #661414 · #2c1b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffecea · #e8c3be · #f88379 · #009ba9 · #8d5852 · #633f3b

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6f9 · #f88379 · #a08885 · #4c595a · #321c1a · #000203

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #f88379

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#cdd8b4 · #f88379 · #af89a3 · #268e82 · #2c3b2d · #1a0d04

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d0dab6 · #f88379 · #629cc5 · #4e7b77 · #2d382e · #180b03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e0fae1 · #f88379 · #5ca163 · #304ea5 · #08185d · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f0f6d5 · #f88379 · #8b973d · #00626b · #2b0a56 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FD958B · #FFA89F · #FFBCB4 · #FFCEC8 · #FFE0DC

Shades

#D0675F · #A94D46 · #84332E · #601A18 · #3E0204

Muted

#E98D84 · #DA968F · #C99E99

Using Coral Pink

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.