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Coral Ink Clear
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Coral Ink Clear

Orange · Hue 30
Metrics
S 54% · L 14%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white14.8:1AAon black1.4:1Fail
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About this color

Coral Ink Clear (#372410) belongs to the orange family — hue 30°, 54% saturation, 14% 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-ink-clear: #372410;
  --colorarchive-coral-ink-clear-hsl: hsl(30, 54%, 14%);
  --colorarchive-coral-ink-clear-rgb: rgb(55, 36, 16);
}

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 a color named after a fruit.

Heritage

Orange is unusual: in English the color was named after the fruit, not the other way around — the fruit's name arrived in the 14th century, but until 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 — though cadmium is itself toxic.

Across cultures

In Hindu and Buddhist tradition saffron orange marks renunciation — the robe of Hindu sannyasis and of Theravada monks. 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 color-coded its early paperbacks by genre — orange meant general fiction. Nickelodeon, Fanta, and easyJet all use orange, which reads playful and consumer-friendly while staying outside the more crowded red and yellow lanes. NASA's shuttle-era launch-and-entry suits were International Orange so rescue crews could spot astronauts after a bailout over the ocean.

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 a familiar modern film-grade pairing; the contrast between warm skin tones and cool shadows is engineered for it.

This particular tone

A deep, weighted version of the hue — formal, considered, and pairs especially well with off-white and warm metallic accents.

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: The clear, mid-saturation register is a 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 #372410.

  • Supabaseneutral
    Surface · #2A2A2A
    →
  • Meituan 美团neutral
    Slate Black · #222222
    →
  • Netflixneutral
    Netflix Black · #221F1F
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #372410.

  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek Black (흑 / heuk)
    #1F1F1F · North — water element, ink and lacquer
    →
  • MexicoVolcanic Black
    #1F1A17 · Obsidian + Popocatépetl basalt
    →
  • China (Traditional)Ink Wash Black (墨)
    #1C1C1C · Pine-soot ink stick (mò)
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using orange and color in design.

Color TheoryWarm Color Palette Guide: Reds, Oranges, Yellows, and Their NeutralsColor History1970s Earth Tone Colors: Harvest Gold, Avocado Green & Burnt Orange PalettesAccessibilityWCAG Color Accessibility Guide: Contrast Ratios, Color-Blind Design, and What You Actually Need to Know

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 Nocturne Clear
#4F3317 · hsl(30, 54%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Sapphire Ink Clear
#102437 · hsl(210, 54%, 14%)
Analogous lead
Canary Ink Clear
#373410 · hsl(55, 54%, 14%)
Analogous echo
Scarlet Ink Clear
#371410 · hsl(5, 54%, 14%)
Triadic +120°
Jade Ink Clear
#103724 · hsl(150, 54%, 14%)
Triadic +240°
Plum Ink Clear
#241037 · hsl(270, 54%, 14%)
Split-comp +150°
Aqua Ink Clear
#103737 · hsl(180, 54%, 14%)
Split-comp +210°
Iris Ink Clear
#101037 · hsl(240, 54%, 14%)
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Base: Coral Ink Clear #372410
Lighter companion: Coral Nocturne Clear #4F3317
Complementary counterpoint: Sapphire Ink Clear #102437
Analogous lead: Canary Ink Clear #373410
Analogous echo: Scarlet Ink Clear #371410
Triadic +120°: Jade Ink Clear #103724
Triadic +240°: Plum Ink Clear #241037
Split-comp +150°: Aqua Ink Clear #103737
Split-comp +210°: Iris Ink Clear #101037

Compare

See how Coral Ink Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsCoral Nocturne ClearvsSapphire Ink ClearvsCanary Ink ClearvsScarlet Ink ClearvsJade Ink ClearvsPlum Ink Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Coral Nocturne Clear
#4F3317 · hsl(30, 54%, 20%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Ink Clear
#372010 · hsl(25, 54%, 14%)
Nearby match
Coral Ink Soft
#302418 · hsl(30, 34%, 14%)
Nearby match
Coral Ink Vivid
#3E2409 · hsl(30, 74%, 14%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Nocturne Clear
#4F2E17 · hsl(25, 54%, 20%)
Nearby match
Coral Shadow Clear
#6E4721 · hsl(30, 54%, 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
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Faint
#F9FAFA
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Muted
#F9FAFB
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Dust
#F9FAFB
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Soft
#F8FAFC
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Clear
#F7FAFD
AAA14.1:1
Sapphire Veil Vivid
#F6FAFE

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#313218
Protanopia
#303016
Tritanopia
#361A1B
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Warm Gray Ink#262422 · hsl(30, 6%, 14%)Coral Ink Faint#272420 · hsl(30, 10%, 14%)Coral Ink Muted#2A241D · hsl(30, 18%, 14%)Coral Ink Dust#2D241A · hsl(30, 26%, 14%)Coral Ink Soft#302418 · hsl(30, 34%, 14%)Coral Ink Clear#372410 · hsl(30, 54%, 14%)Coral Ink Vivid#3E2409 · hsl(30, 74%, 14%)Coral Ink Bright#422406 · hsl(30, 84%, 14%)Coral Ink Pure#452403 · hsl(30, 92%, 14%)
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