#FF917ACoralistic (#FF917A) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 33°, lightness 0.77 and chroma 0.138. 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.
| HEX | #FF917A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 145, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 100%, 74%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 52%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43%, 52%, 0%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(71.5 39.2 30.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.769 0.138 33) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Coralistic shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; 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.
#ff8c71 — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#ff9177 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#ff917a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ff927c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Coralistic in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.19:1 and against black 9.58:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#ffede9 · #ffb4a3 · #ff917a · #ba5e4b · #8e3d2d · #631c0f
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.
#ffd1a5 · #ffb38a · #ff917a · #e57e85 · #c96f8b · #aa628c
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.
#ff917a · #a99263 · #b15a49 · #735500 · #6e2214 · #332300
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.
#f1cec6 · #ff917a · #00a4bc · #986155 · #734439 · #4b2c25
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f6fa · #ff917a · #a8928d · #525e61 · #34201b · #000102
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.
#e7f5f8 · #bccdd1 · #8ea1a5 · #0f292f · #00070a · #ff917a
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#daf8ff · #ff917a · #28a9c0 · #006777 · #002b33 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#daf8ff · #ff917a · #2dae9e · #006196 · #002d28 · #000511
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#defae5 · #ff917a · #5eac77 · #4352a8 · #161a5d · #000601
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf7d9 · #ff917a · #8ba353 · #006777 · #320d53 · #000305
#FFA38F · #FFB4A3 · #FFC4B7 · #FFD4CA · #FFE3DC
#D5735F · #AD5745 · #863B2C · #612114 · #3E0601
#F19A87 · #E2A294 · #D2A9A0
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.