Coral Red (#FF4040)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 3.47:1 — vs black: 6.06:1

Color values

HEX #FF4040
RGB rgb(255, 64, 64)
HSL hsl(0, 100%, 62%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 75, 75, 0 )
Websafe #FF3333

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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Neon (200)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF4040 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#40FFFF

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#FF409F

#FF9F40

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#40FF40

#4040FF

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#40FF9F

#409FFF

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#9FFF40

#40FFFF

#9F40FF

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Coral Red
#FF4040 Base

#A60000

#F20000

#FF1717

#FF6969

#FF8C8C

#FFD9D9

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Coral Red, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A0000

— #540000

— #8F0000

— #CA0000

— #FF0505

Coral Red #FF4040 Base

— #FF6161

— #FF8282

— #FFA3A3

— #FFC4C4

— #FFE6E6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF4040. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF4040;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF4040;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF4040;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF4040,
        #40FFFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF4040,
        #40FFFF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$coral-red: #FF4040;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$coral-red-r: 255;
$coral-red-g: 64;
$coral-red-b: 64;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $coral-red;
    color: rgba($coral-red-r, $coral-red-g, $coral-red-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Coral Red appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FF4040 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #9B9B31 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #6E6E43 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #FF4040 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #8A8A8A Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Coral Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Coral Red #FF4040 Base

Red Orange #FF5349 ΔE 2.72

Light Brilliant Red #FE2E2E ΔE 3.10

Carmine Pink #EB4C42 ΔE 3.22

Tractor Red #FD0E35 ΔE 4.34

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.