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Ember Mist Pure
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Ember Mist Pure

Orange · Hue 20
Hex
#FDDECE
RGB
rgb(253, 222, 206)
HSL
hsl(20, 92%, 90%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 12%, 19%, 1%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.3:1Fail
on black
16.5:1AA
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About this color

Ember Mist Pure (#FDDECE) belongs to the orange family — hue 20°, 92% saturation, 90% 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-mist-pure: #FDDECE;
  --colorarchive-ember-mist-pure-hsl: hsl(20, 92%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-ember-mist-pure-rgb: rgb(253, 222, 206);
}

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

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

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: 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 #FDDECE.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →

Cultures using a similar color

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

  • EgyptLinen Cream
    #EDE0C8 · Bleached Nile flax
    →
  • Italy (Tuscany)Tuscan Cream
    #EDDFC6 · Travertine limestone
    →
  • IrelandAran Cream
    #F0E8D2 · Undyed Aran wool sweater tradition
    →

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 Whisper Pure
#FEEBE2 · hsl(20, 92%, 94%)
Darker companion
Ember Pearl Pure
#FCCAB1 · hsl(20, 92%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Azure Mist Pure
#CEEDFD · hsl(200, 92%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Saffron Mist Pure
#FDF1CE · hsl(45, 92%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Crimson Mist Pure
#FDCECE · hsl(0, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Seafoam Mist Pure
#CEFDDE · hsl(140, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Orchid Mist Pure
#DECEFD · hsl(260, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Lagoon Mist Pure
#CEFDF5 · hsl(170, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Indigo Mist Pure
#CED6FD · hsl(230, 92%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Ember Mist Pure #FDDECE
Lighter companion: Ember Whisper Pure #FEEBE2
Darker companion: Ember Pearl Pure #FCCAB1
Complementary counterpoint: Azure Mist Pure #CEEDFD
Analogous lead: Saffron Mist Pure #FDF1CE
Analogous echo: Crimson Mist Pure #FDCECE
Triadic +120°: Seafoam Mist Pure #CEFDDE
Triadic +240°: Orchid Mist Pure #DECEFD
Split-comp +150°: Lagoon Mist Pure #CEFDF5
Split-comp +210°: Indigo Mist Pure #CED6FD

Compare

See how Ember Mist Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsEmber Whisper PurevsEmber Pearl PurevsAzure Mist PurevsSaffron Mist PurevsCrimson Mist PurevsSeafoam Mist Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Ember Whisper Pure
#FEEBE2 · hsl(20, 92%, 94%)
Nearby match
Ember Mist Bright
#FBDED0 · hsl(20, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Ember Pearl Pure
#FCCAB1 · hsl(20, 92%, 84%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Mist Pure
#FDDACE · hsl(15, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Mist Pure
#FDE2CE · hsl(25, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Ember Veil Pure
#FFF8F5 · hsl(20, 92%, 98%)

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
AAA7.1:1
Azure Shadow Faint
#404A4F
AAA7:1
Azure Shadow Muted
#3B4C54
AAA9.8:1
Azure Nocturne Faint
#2E3538
AAA9.8:1
Azure Nocturne Muted
#2A363C
AAA9.7:1
Azure Nocturne Dust
#263740
AAA9.5:1
Azure Nocturne Soft
#223944

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#F2F4D3
Protanopia
#F0F0D2
Tritanopia
#FCD5D6
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