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Ruby Bloom Clear
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Ruby Bloom Clear

Red · Hue 10
Hex
#E3ACA1
RGB
rgb(227, 172, 161)
HSL
hsl(10, 54%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 24%, 29%, 11%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2:1Fail
on black
10.7:1AA
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About this color

Ruby Bloom Clear (#E3ACA1) belongs to the red family — hue 10°, 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-ruby-bloom-clear: #E3ACA1;
  --colorarchive-ruby-bloom-clear-hsl: hsl(10, 54%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-ruby-bloom-clear-rgb: rgb(227, 172, 161);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

TenderRomanticGentle
Common in

Beauty · Wedding · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft neutrals (warm gray, cream) or muted greens for balance

Design tip

Use as a background for emotional storytelling or as an accent in healthcare and wellness brands to convey warmth without intensity.

Cultural context ▶

In many cultures, light reds and pinks symbolize love, tenderness, and new beginnings. In Japan, sakura pink represents the ephemeral beauty of life.

Color Origins

Red family

The first pigment, the loudest signal.

Heritage

Red is the oldest pigment in the human visual record. Ochre reds appear in burial sites from 75,000+ years ago; Roman red lead (minium) lit Pompeian walls; cinnabar drove a millennium of trade across Asia and the Mediterranean. Madder, kermes, and cochineal — the three classical reds — built fortunes and emptied empires before synthetic alizarin arrived in 1869 and collapsed the price overnight.

Across cultures

In China red signals fortune and weddings, painted on doors and lanterns and given in money envelopes. In much of South Asia red is the bridal color (saris, sindoor) for the same reason. Western traditions split red between love (Valentine's) and danger (stoplights, balance sheets). Across the Christian liturgy red marks martyrdom and Pentecost; across cinema it has long marked the femme fatale.

In the wild

Coca-Cola has used essentially the same red since 1886. Netflix and YouTube engineered their reds to pop maximally on dark UI. Christian Louboutin trademarked a single red — Pantone 18-1663 — on the soles of his shoes. Ferrari's racing red began as the Italian national racing color (Rosso Corsa). Nearly every emergency stop button on every machine ever made is red, and the convention is so universal it functions as international iconography.

How it reads

Red advances. On a page it draws the eye first; in a UI it implies destructive action or urgent state. Increasing saturation pushes it toward warning; reducing saturation moves it toward earthen, terra-cotta, comfort. Pairing red with white reads as energetic and consumer-facing; pairing it with black reads cinematic and luxurious; pairing it with cream reads as heritage or hospitality.

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 #E3ACA1.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Slackaccent
    Slack Yellow · #ECB22E
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #E3ACA1.

  • ScandinaviaFaded Rose
    #D3A6A0 · Vintage Swedish wallpaper
    →
  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →
  • EgyptPapyrus Tan
    #C1A36F · Cyperus papyrus reed paper
    →

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
Ruby Pearl Clear
#ECC8C0 · hsl(10, 54%, 84%)
Darker companion
Ruby Silk Clear
#D99081 · hsl(10, 54%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Cerulean Bloom Clear
#A1D8E3 · hsl(190, 54%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Coral Bloom Clear
#E3C2A1 · hsl(30, 54%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Merlot Bloom Clear
#E3A1AC · hsl(350, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Mint Bloom Clear
#A1E3AC · hsl(130, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Violet Bloom Clear
#ACA1E3 · hsl(250, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Teal Bloom Clear
#A1E3CD · hsl(160, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Cobalt Bloom Clear
#A1B7E3 · hsl(220, 54%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Ruby Bloom Clear #E3ACA1
Lighter companion: Ruby Pearl Clear #ECC8C0
Darker companion: Ruby Silk Clear #D99081
Complementary counterpoint: Cerulean Bloom Clear #A1D8E3
Analogous lead: Coral Bloom Clear #E3C2A1
Analogous echo: Merlot Bloom Clear #E3A1AC
Triadic +120°: Mint Bloom Clear #A1E3AC
Triadic +240°: Violet Bloom Clear #ACA1E3
Split-comp +150°: Teal Bloom Clear #A1E3CD
Split-comp +210°: Cobalt Bloom Clear #A1B7E3

Compare

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

vsRuby Pearl ClearvsRuby Silk ClearvsCerulean Bloom ClearvsCoral Bloom ClearvsMerlot Bloom ClearvsMint Bloom Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Scarlet Bloom Clear
#E3A6A1 · hsl(5, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Bloom Clear
#E3B1A1 · hsl(15, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ruby Silk Clear
#D99081 · hsl(10, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Ruby Pearl Clear
#ECC8C0 · hsl(10, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Ruby Bloom Soft
#D7B4AD · hsl(10, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ruby Bloom Vivid
#EFA495 · hsl(10, 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
AAA7.8:1
Cerulean Ink Faint
#202627
AAA7.7:1
Cerulean Ink Muted
#1D282A
AAA7.6:1
Cerulean Ink Dust
#1A2A2D
AAA7.4:1
Cerulean Ink Soft
#182C30
AAA7:1
Cerulean Ink Clear
#103137
AAA7.7:1
Aqua Ink Faint
#202727

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#D1D4A4
Protanopia
#CECDA4
Tritanopia
#E1A6A6
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