#F98A7E
Warm coral pink
A True Spring color
anchor color 7 of 10 in True Spring. Also called Warm Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Warm coral pink is coral with the light turned up and the pink kept in. It is the True Spring soft accent, the color between peach and coral in the palette and the one that flatters the most Spring faces. Warmer than any Summer rose and lighter than any Autumn terracotta. It reads as pink in the hand and coral on the body.
Warm coral pink is an anchor color in True Spring. Its closest relative outside the palette is Warm coral #FA8E76, a Light Spring color, at a perceptual distance of 6. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.
At RGB 249, 138, 126 the red is at the top, and the green and blue sit close together at about half. That closeness is what makes it pink rather than orange. Pull the blue down and it is coral. Pull the green down and it is a warm rose. The high lightness is what makes it a soft color rather than an accent, and it does the softening without going dusty.
A True Spring wears it near the face: a shirt, a knit, a scarf, a dress worn with warm beige or golden brown. It pairs with grass green and warm turquoise, which few pinks do, because all three share the same yellow. It is the color for the piece that should be warm and light and still clearly a color.
Retailers call it coral, salmon, peach, blush, melon, or pink, and the names drift across a wide range. Most of what sells as coral is darker and most of what sells as blush is cooler. Hold the garment against a cool pink. Warm coral pink looks orange by comparison. Against an orange, it looks pink.
Light Spring's warm coral is six points away and clear salmon is eleven, both the same color in practice. Light Spring's light warm pink is seventeen points off and paler. Bright Spring's bright coral and True Spring's own coral are eighteen and twenty points off and more orange. On a Light Spring, this one is a touch strong. On a Bright Spring, it is a touch soft. All three Springs borrow it.
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).
Warm coral #FA8E76
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 6
Clear salmon #F79C82
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 11
Light warm pink #F7A8A0
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 17
Bright coral #FF6F5E
Bright Spring anchor · ΔE 18
Terracotta #C46A45
Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 20
Dusty terracotta #C08268
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 22
As of November 11, 2026, nothing in stock samples close to #F98A7E. The guide below has the nearest colors that do. 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.
Yes. Warm coral pink (#F98A7E) is an anchor color in the True Spring palette, and close enough to a Light Spring color for that season to wear it as a neutral.
Close. Coral has less pink in it and more orange. Warm coral pink as the True Spring palette uses it is RGB 249, 138, 126, with the green and blue near equal. Against a cool pink it looks orange. Against an orange it looks pink. That is the whole color.
Yes. Light Spring's warm coral is six points away, closer than two dye lots of the same garment. The two palettes share it.
Not well. Light Summer's pinks are cool, soft rose and powder pink, and this one is warm. On a Light Summer face it pulls toward sallow. Light Summer's version of this job is cool soft rose.
For a True Spring: golden brown, warm beige, camel, warm navy, grass green, warm turquoise, cream. Coral pink and golden brown is the easy pairing. Coral pink and turquoise is the fresh one. Avoid black and cool greys.
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