Lea Poplin Mini Skirt
Blush
#F25C4A
Coral red
A Bright Spring color
Coral red
anchor color 1 of 10 in Bright Spring. Also called Clear Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #F25C4A
- RGB
- 242, 92, 74
- HSL
- 6°, 87%, 62%
Coral red is red with orange and pink both let in. Warm, clear, and bright. It is the Bright Spring red, the one that makes a face look lit from inside rather than flushed. Cooler reds belong to the Winters; this one has sun in it.
Where it sits
Coral red is an anchor color in Bright Spring. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Coral #FF7855, a True Spring color, at a distance of 11: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
Coral is a range, not a point. Retailers run it from a pale salmon through to this, which is coral at its reddest. At RGB 242, 92, 74 it has enough red to work as a red and enough orange and pink to keep it from reading as tomato. The Bright Spring version is the most saturated coral in the system.
A Bright Spring wears it the way a Winter wears true red: as the one piece that carries the outfit. With warm navy, with camel, with bright white, with warm grey. It does not want a second strong color. It also works for lipstick, where it is forgiving in a way blue-reds are not.
The common failure is a coral that has been softened toward pink. That is a Light Spring or Light Summer color and looks washed out on a Bright Spring. The other failure is a coral that has been pushed toward tomato red, which is True Spring. Check against a white. Coral red stays warm and clear.
Easily confused with
The nearest colors are Bright Spring's own bright coral, seven points away and a touch lighter, and True Spring's coral and warm tomato red, both about eleven points off. All four are warm clear reds and the Springs share them. The mistake is a cool red from a Winter palette, which looks purple beside this.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Coral #FF7855
True Spring anchor · ΔE 11
Warm tomato red #E8452E
True Spring anchor · ΔE 11
Burnt sienna #C4532A
True Autumn anchor · ΔE 17
True red #E0102B
True Winter and Bright Winter anchor · ΔE 19
Rust #B7410E
True Autumn and Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 21
Terracotta #B8572A
True Autumn anchor · ΔE 23
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 8 in-stock pieces across Marine Layer, Boden and STAUD sample within a close match of #F25C4A. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #F25C4A today, so they are the words to search for.
- Marine Layer
- Blush, Cherry Red, Chrysanthemum, Poinsettia
- Boden
- Mixed Scents, Orange Lily
- STAUD
- Sunburst
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is coral red a Bright Spring color?
Yes. Coral red (#F25C4A) is an anchor color in the Bright Spring palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Is coral red the same as coral?
It is coral at the red end. Coral on a shop floor runs from salmon through to this. Coral red as the Bright Spring palette uses it is RGB 242, 92, 74: red first, with orange and pink behind it.
Can a True Spring wear coral red?
Yes. True Spring's own coral is eleven points away. Coral red reads a shade bright on a True Spring, but it is warm and clear and does the same job.
Can a Bright Winter wear coral red?
Rarely near the face. Bright Winter's red is true red, which has no orange in it. Coral red's warmth reads yellow against that palette's cool white and black.
What colors go with coral red?
For a Bright Spring: warm navy, camel, bright white, warm grey, clear warm aqua. Coral red and warm navy is the easiest pairing. With black it loses its warmth.
The Bright Spring guide · All in-stock Bright Spring pieces · Clear warm aqua → · All colors