Coral (color) - Wikipedia

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

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)

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

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

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Coral red

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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

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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

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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.

Gallery

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• A coral-colored Algerian coral
• Precious coral (Corallium rubrum)
• iPhone XR in coral

See also

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• List of colors
• RAL 3016 Coral red

References

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1. ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
2. ^ a b X11 rgb.txt Archived May 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
3. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193. Color sample of coral: page 27, plate 2, color sample J10.
4. ^ "Coral red / #ff4040 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
5. ^ a b "Ca through Cz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names. John C. Foster and Texas Precancel Club. 1955. color sample #26. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2010. The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names is a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.
6. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193.. Color sample of coral pink: page 27, plate 2, color sample F9.
7. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Congo Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample C10

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