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Coral Core Pure
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Coral Core Pure

Orange · Hue 30
Hex
#EB7A0A
RGB
rgb(235, 122, 10)
HSL
hsl(30, 92%, 48%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 48%, 96%, 8%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 48%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.9:1Fail
on black
7.3:1AA
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About this color

Coral Core Pure (#EB7A0A) belongs to the orange family — hue 30°, 92% saturation, 48% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-coral-core-pure: #EB7A0A;
  --colorarchive-coral-core-pure-hsl: hsl(30, 92%, 48%);
  --colorarchive-coral-core-pure-rgb: rgb(235, 122, 10);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CreativeAdventurousConfident
Common in

Technology · Sports · Travel

Pairs well with

Deep blue for trust + energy balance, dark gray for modern tech aesthetics

Design tip

Use for creative tool brands and action-oriented interfaces. Orange buttons consistently outperform other colors in A/B tests for engagement.

Cultural context ▶

Orange represents creativity and adventure. In the Netherlands, it's the national color. In Hinduism, it symbolizes purity.

Color Origins

Orange family

Citrus, fire, and the only color named after a fruit.

Heritage

Orange is unusual: in English the color was named after the fruit, not the other way around — before the fruit reached Europe in the 16th century, this hue was simply 'yellow-red'. Earlier pigments included realgar (toxic), saffron (priceless), and orpiment. Cadmium orange, introduced in the 19th century, gave painters from the Impressionists onward a stable, brilliant orange that didn't fade or poison.

Across cultures

In Hindu and Buddhist tradition saffron orange marks renunciation — the robe of monks across Theravada and Tibetan lineages. The Dutch House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a national identity color, still worn at football matches and on King's Day. In Ireland, orange is the Protestant counterpart to green's Catholic association — the country's flag literally encodes the divide. Halloween's orange-and-black is a 20th-century American invention that has since gone global.

In the wild

Hermès orange is a brand asset traceable to a 1942 wartime cardboard shortage. Penguin Books used orange-and-white spines as a class signal — fiction was always orange. Nickelodeon, Fanta, and easyJet all chose orange for the same reason: it reads playful and consumer-friendly while staying outside the more crowded red and yellow lanes. NASA flight suits use International Orange specifically because nothing in nature matches it, making astronauts maximally visible against any background.

How it reads

Orange is warm without the urgency of red. It signals appetite (used heavily in fast food), creativity, and approachability. At low saturation it becomes terracotta, rust, or apricot — earthy palettes for hospitality and craft. At high saturation it reads as a sport, energy drink, or warning hazard. Orange and teal is the most common modern film-grade pairing; the contrast between warm skin tones and cool shadows is engineered for it.

This particular tone

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #EB7A0A.

  • Cloudflareprimary
    Cloudflare Orange · #F38020
    →
  • Instagramprimary
    Sunset Yellow · #F58529
    →
  • Didi 滴滴primary
    Didi Orange · #FF7733
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #EB7A0A.

  • France (Paris)Hermès Orange
    #FF7B00 · Hermès brand box, since 1942
    →
  • BrazilDendê Orange
    #E97132 · Palm-oil cooking traditions of Bahia
    →
  • MexicoMarigold (cempasúchil)
    #FF8A1E · Tagetes erecta — Day of the Dead flower
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Coral Radiant Pure
#F68A1E · hsl(30, 92%, 54%)
Darker companion
Coral Velvet Pure
#CE6B09 · hsl(30, 92%, 42%)
Complementary counterpoint
Sapphire Core Pure
#0A7AEB · hsl(210, 92%, 48%)
Analogous lead
Canary Core Pure
#EBD80A · hsl(55, 92%, 48%)
Analogous echo
Scarlet Core Pure
#EB1D0A · hsl(5, 92%, 48%)
Triadic +120°
Jade Core Pure
#0AEB7A · hsl(150, 92%, 48%)
Triadic +240°
Plum Core Pure
#7A0AEB · hsl(270, 92%, 48%)
Split-comp +150°
Aqua Core Pure
#0AEBEB · hsl(180, 92%, 48%)
Split-comp +210°
Iris Core Pure
#0A0AEB · hsl(240, 92%, 48%)
Export preview
Base: Coral Core Pure #EB7A0A
Lighter companion: Coral Radiant Pure #F68A1E
Darker companion: Coral Velvet Pure #CE6B09
Complementary counterpoint: Sapphire Core Pure #0A7AEB
Analogous lead: Canary Core Pure #EBD80A
Analogous echo: Scarlet Core Pure #EB1D0A
Triadic +120°: Jade Core Pure #0AEB7A
Triadic +240°: Plum Core Pure #7A0AEB
Split-comp +150°: Aqua Core Pure #0AEBEB
Split-comp +210°: Iris Core Pure #0A0AEB

Compare

See how Coral Core Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsCoral Radiant PurevsCoral Velvet PurevsSapphire Core PurevsCanary Core PurevsScarlet Core PurevsJade Core Pure

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Coral Core Bright
#E17A14 · hsl(30, 84%, 48%)
Nearby match
Coral Velvet Pure
#CE6B09 · hsl(30, 92%, 42%)
Nearby match
Coral Radiant Pure
#F68A1E · hsl(30, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Core Pure
#EB680A · hsl(25, 92%, 48%)
Nearby match
Coral Velvet Bright
#C56B11 · hsl(30, 84%, 42%)
Nearby match
Coral Radiant Bright
#EC8A27 · hsl(30, 84%, 54%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA4.5:1
Sapphire Nocturne Muted
#2A333C
AA4.5:1
Sapphire Nocturne Dust
#263340
AA4.5:1
Sapphire Nocturne Soft
#223344
AA4.5:1
Sapphire Nocturne Clear
#17334F
AA4.5:1
Sapphire Nocturne Vivid
#0D3359
AA5.5:1
Sapphire Ink Faint
#202427

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#CAD146
Protanopia
#C4C43F
Tritanopia
#E75356
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