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Coral Shadow Pure
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Coral Shadow Pure

Orange · Hue 30
Hex
#894706
RGB
rgb(137, 71, 6)
HSL
hsl(30, 92%, 28%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 48%, 96%, 46%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 28%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
7.1:1AA
on black
3:1Fail
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About this color

Coral Shadow Pure (#894706) belongs to the orange family — hue 30°, 92% saturation, 28% 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-shadow-pure: #894706;
  --colorarchive-coral-shadow-pure-hsl: hsl(30, 92%, 28%);
  --colorarchive-coral-shadow-pure-rgb: rgb(137, 71, 6);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

EarthyArtisanalGrounded
Common in

Coffee & Bakery · Craft & Handmade · Outdoor Gear

Pairs well with

Olive green, warm cream, or slate gray for organic, natural palettes

Design tip

Great for artisanal brands and rustic interfaces. Combines well with textured backgrounds and serif typography.

Cultural context ▶

Burnt orange and terra cotta evoke earthiness, autumn, and craftsmanship. Popular in Southwestern and Mediterranean design.

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 jewel tone — saturated and dark at once. This is the register of velvet, deep enamel, and old-world luxury.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

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 #894706.

  • GitHubaccent
    Attention Yellow · #9A6700
    →
  • Coca-Colaneutral
    Pantone 484 (depth) · #9C2A2C
    →
  • Aesopprimary
    Aesop Amber · #5C2E1F
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #894706.

  • MoroccoHenna Red
    #964B00 · Lawsonia inermis leaf paste
    →
  • IndiaHenna Brown
    #8D5524 · Lawsonia inermis paste
    →
  • Italy (Tuscany)Terra Rossa
    #9C3E2E · Mediterranean iron-rich clay
    →

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 Dusk Pure
#A65707 · hsl(30, 92%, 34%)
Darker companion
Coral Nocturne Pure
#623304 · hsl(30, 92%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Sapphire Shadow Pure
#064789 · hsl(210, 92%, 28%)
Analogous lead
Canary Shadow Pure
#897E06 · hsl(55, 92%, 28%)
Analogous echo
Scarlet Shadow Pure
#891106 · hsl(5, 92%, 28%)
Triadic +120°
Jade Shadow Pure
#068947 · hsl(150, 92%, 28%)
Triadic +240°
Plum Shadow Pure
#470689 · hsl(270, 92%, 28%)
Split-comp +150°
Aqua Shadow Pure
#068989 · hsl(180, 92%, 28%)
Split-comp +210°
Iris Shadow Pure
#060689 · hsl(240, 92%, 28%)
Export preview
Base: Coral Shadow Pure #894706
Lighter companion: Coral Dusk Pure #A65707
Darker companion: Coral Nocturne Pure #623304
Complementary counterpoint: Sapphire Shadow Pure #064789
Analogous lead: Canary Shadow Pure #897E06
Analogous echo: Scarlet Shadow Pure #891106
Triadic +120°: Jade Shadow Pure #068947
Triadic +240°: Plum Shadow Pure #470689
Split-comp +150°: Aqua Shadow Pure #068989
Split-comp +210°: Iris Shadow Pure #060689

Compare

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

vsCoral Dusk PurevsCoral Nocturne PurevsSapphire Shadow PurevsCanary Shadow PurevsScarlet Shadow PurevsJade Shadow Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Coral Shadow Bright
#83470B · hsl(30, 84%, 28%)
Nearby match
Coral Dusk Pure
#A65707 · hsl(30, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Shadow Pure
#893C06 · hsl(25, 92%, 28%)
Nearby match
Coral Nocturne Pure
#623304 · hsl(30, 92%, 20%)
Nearby match
Coral Dusk Bright
#A0570E · hsl(30, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Coral Shadow Vivid
#7C4713 · hsl(30, 74%, 28%)

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
AAA7:1
Aqua Veil Pure
#F5FFFF
AAA7:1
Lime Veil Pure
#FAFFF5
AAA7:1
Olive Veil Pure
#FBFFF5
AAA7:1
Chartreuse Veil Vivid
#FCFEF6
AAA7:1
Chartreuse Veil Bright
#FCFEF6
AAA7:1
Chartreuse Veil Pure
#FCFFF5

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#767A27
Protanopia
#727223
Tritanopia
#872F31
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