Coral (color)
The various tones of the color coral are representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.
Coral
| 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] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The web color coral is an orangey [pink] color. It is displayed at the upper right.
The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.[3]
Variations of coral
Coral pink
| 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[4] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color coral pink is displayed at right, a pinkish color.[4]
The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892.[5]
Light coral
| 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] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The web color light coral is displayed at right.
Coral in human culture
- Sports
Coral is one of the Miami Dolphins' colors.
- Literature
Petrarchan poetry often describes women's lips as "coral".
See also
References
- ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b X11 rgb.txt Archived May 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Ca through Cz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names. John C. Foster and Texas Precancel Club. 1955. color sample #26. 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.
- ^ 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.