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Ember Bloom Clear
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Ember Bloom Clear

Orange · Hue 20
Hex
#E3B7A1
RGB
rgb(227, 183, 161)
HSL
hsl(20, 54%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 19%, 29%, 11%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.8:1Fail
on black
11.6:1AA
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About this color

Ember Bloom Clear (#E3B7A1) belongs to the orange family — hue 20°, 54% saturation, 76% 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-ember-bloom-clear: #E3B7A1;
  --colorarchive-ember-bloom-clear-hsl: hsl(20, 54%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-ember-bloom-clear-rgb: rgb(227, 183, 161);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

CheerfulApproachableWarm
Common in

Children's Products · Wellness · Social Apps

Pairs well with

Soft teal for playful contrast, warm white for minimalism

Design tip

Perfect for onboarding screens and friendly UI. Light oranges feel welcoming without the intensity of pure orange.

Cultural context ▶

Peach and apricot tones are associated with friendliness and optimism. In many Asian cultures, orange symbolizes happiness.

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 bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #E3B7A1.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #E3B7A1.

  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →
  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • JapanCherry Blossom (sakura 桜)
    #FBC4D0 · Prunus serrulata 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
Ember Pearl Clear
#ECCFC0 · hsl(20, 54%, 84%)
Darker companion
Ember Silk Clear
#D99F81 · hsl(20, 54%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Azure Bloom Clear
#A1CDE3 · hsl(200, 54%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Saffron Bloom Clear
#E3D2A1 · hsl(45, 54%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Crimson Bloom Clear
#E3A1A1 · hsl(0, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Seafoam Bloom Clear
#A1E3B7 · hsl(140, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Orchid Bloom Clear
#B7A1E3 · hsl(260, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Lagoon Bloom Clear
#A1E3D8 · hsl(170, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Indigo Bloom Clear
#A1ACE3 · hsl(230, 54%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Ember Bloom Clear #E3B7A1
Lighter companion: Ember Pearl Clear #ECCFC0
Darker companion: Ember Silk Clear #D99F81
Complementary counterpoint: Azure Bloom Clear #A1CDE3
Analogous lead: Saffron Bloom Clear #E3D2A1
Analogous echo: Crimson Bloom Clear #E3A1A1
Triadic +120°: Seafoam Bloom Clear #A1E3B7
Triadic +240°: Orchid Bloom Clear #B7A1E3
Split-comp +150°: Lagoon Bloom Clear #A1E3D8
Split-comp +210°: Indigo Bloom Clear #A1ACE3

Compare

See how Ember Bloom Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsEmber Pearl ClearvsEmber Silk ClearvsAzure Bloom ClearvsSaffron Bloom ClearvsCrimson Bloom ClearvsSeafoam Bloom Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Vermillion Bloom Clear
#E3B1A1 · hsl(15, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Bloom Clear
#E3BCA1 · hsl(25, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ember Silk Clear
#D99F81 · hsl(20, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Ember Pearl Clear
#ECCFC0 · hsl(20, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Ember Bloom Soft
#D7BBAD · hsl(20, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ember Bloom Vivid
#EFB395 · hsl(20, 74%, 76%)

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
AAA8.5:1
Azure Ink Faint
#202527
AAA8.5:1
Azure Ink Muted
#1D262A
AAA8.4:1
Azure Ink Dust
#1A272D
AAA8.3:1
Azure Ink Soft
#182830
AAA8.2:1
Azure Ink Clear
#102A37
AAA7.9:1
Azure Ink Vivid
#092D3E

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#D4D7A8
Protanopia
#D1D1A7
Tritanopia
#E1ABAC
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