Nearest-color comparison

Lotus Pink vs Soft Coral

Lotus Pink and Soft Coral are different red colors with HEX values #F4A7B9 and #F7A8A8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.3, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Lotus Pink and Soft Coral are very close colors. Soft Coral is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Lotus Pink#F4A7B9

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Lotus Pink and Soft Coral across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance17.3

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0.0024

Hue delta346 deg

Lighter colorSoft Coral

More saturatedSoft Coral

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Lotus Pink

Lotus Pink is #F4A7B9, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Coral, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F4A7B9 RGB244, 167, 185 HSL346, 78, 81 CMYK0, 32, 24, 4 Luminance0.5037 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

red color

Soft Coral

Soft Coral is #F7A8A8, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Lotus Pink, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F7A8A8 RGB247, 168, 168 HSL0, 83, 81 CMYK0, 32, 32, 3 Luminance0.5061 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Lotus Pink or Soft Coral

Choose Lotus PinkLotus Pink is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F4A7B9.

Choose Soft CoralSoft Coral is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F7A8A8.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyLotus PinkSoft Coral

HEX#F4A7B9#F7A8A8

RGB244, 167, 185247, 168, 168

HSL346, 78, 810, 83, 81

CMYK0, 32, 24, 40, 32, 32, 3

FamilyRedRed

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelPastel

Luminance0.50370.5061

Black contrast11.07:111.12:1

White contrast1.9:11.89:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Lotus Pinkblack text - 11.07:1

Soft Coralblack text - 11.12:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Lotus Pink#F4A7B9

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

#FEFAFB#FEFAFB

Snow#FFFAFA

#A9F4E3#A9F4E3

#A6F7F7#A6F7F7

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    },
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  },
  {
    "slug": "soft-coral",
    "name": "Soft Coral",
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    },
    "description": "Soft Coral is #F7A8A8, a warm red color with pastel character. Compared with Lotus Pink, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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  }
]

Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1,
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    "hue": 346,
    "saturation": 5,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0024,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Soft Coral",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Soft Coral"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Lotus Pink",
      "background": "#F4A7B9",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.07
    },
    {
      "color": "Soft Coral",
      "background": "#F7A8A8",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.12
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Soft Coral is better when the design needs pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F7A8A8.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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