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Tangerine Whisper Clear
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Tangerine Whisper Clear

Orange · Hue 25
Hex
#F8EEE7
RGB
rgb(248, 238, 231)
HSL
hsl(25, 54%, 94%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 4%, 7%, 3%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 94%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.1:1Fail
on black
18.4:1AA
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About this color

Tangerine Whisper Clear (#F8EEE7) belongs to the orange family — hue 25°, 54% saturation, 94% 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-tangerine-whisper-clear: #F8EEE7;
  --colorarchive-tangerine-whisper-clear-hsl: hsl(25, 54%, 94%);
  --colorarchive-tangerine-whisper-clear-rgb: rgb(248, 238, 231);
}

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 #F8EEE7.

  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Stripeneutral
    Off White · #F6F9FC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #F8EEE7.

  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →
  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Limewashed White
    #F8F4EE · Calcium hydroxide on stone
    →

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
Tangerine Veil Clear
#FDF9F7 · hsl(25, 54%, 98%)
Darker companion
Tangerine Mist Clear
#F3E3D8 · hsl(25, 54%, 90%)
Complementary counterpoint
Steel Whisper Clear
#E7F1F8 · hsl(205, 54%, 94%)
Analogous lead
Amber Whisper Clear
#F8F5E7 · hsl(50, 54%, 94%)
Analogous echo
Crimson Whisper Clear
#F8E7E7 · hsl(0, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +120°
Celadon Whisper Clear
#E7F8EE · hsl(145, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +240°
Orchid Whisper Clear
#EDE7F8 · hsl(260, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +150°
Cyan Whisper Clear
#E7F8F7 · hsl(175, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +210°
Indigo Whisper Clear
#E7EAF8 · hsl(230, 54%, 94%)
Export preview
Base: Tangerine Whisper Clear #F8EEE7
Lighter companion: Tangerine Veil Clear #FDF9F7
Darker companion: Tangerine Mist Clear #F3E3D8
Complementary counterpoint: Steel Whisper Clear #E7F1F8
Analogous lead: Amber Whisper Clear #F8F5E7
Analogous echo: Crimson Whisper Clear #F8E7E7
Triadic +120°: Celadon Whisper Clear #E7F8EE
Triadic +240°: Orchid Whisper Clear #EDE7F8
Split-comp +150°: Cyan Whisper Clear #E7F8F7
Split-comp +210°: Indigo Whisper Clear #E7EAF8

Compare

See how Tangerine Whisper Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsTangerine Veil ClearvsTangerine Mist ClearvsSteel Whisper ClearvsAmber Whisper ClearvsCrimson Whisper ClearvsCeladon Whisper Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Tangerine Mist Clear
#F3E3D8 · hsl(25, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Veil Clear
#FDF9F7 · hsl(25, 54%, 98%)
Nearby match
Ember Whisper Clear
#F8EDE7 · hsl(20, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Coral Whisper Clear
#F8F0E7 · hsl(30, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Pearl Clear
#ECD3C0 · hsl(25, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Ember Mist Clear
#F3E1D8 · hsl(20, 54%, 90%)

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
AAA8:1
Steel Shadow Faint
#40494F
AAA8:1
Steel Shadow Muted
#3B4A54
AAA8.1:1
Steel Shadow Dust
#354A5A
AAA8:1
Steel Shadow Soft
#2F4B60
AAA7.7:1
Steel Shadow Clear
#214E6E
AAA7.5:1
Steel Shadow Vivid
#13507C

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#F4F5E9
Protanopia
#F4F4E9
Tritanopia
#F8EAEA
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