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