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Vermillion Bloom Soft
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Vermillion Bloom Soft

Orange · Hue 15
Metrics
S 34% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.9:1Failon black11.3:1AA
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About this color

Vermillion Bloom Soft (#D7B7AD) belongs to the orange family — hue 15°, 34% 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-vermillion-bloom-soft: #D7B7AD;
  --colorarchive-vermillion-bloom-soft-hsl: hsl(15, 34%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-vermillion-bloom-soft-rgb: rgb(215, 183, 173);
}

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 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 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 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 #D7B7AD.

  • Anthropicneutral
    Mid Gray · #B0AEA5
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #D7B7AD.

  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →
  • JapanCherry Blossom (sakura 桜)
    #FBC4D0 · Prunus serrulata flower
    →

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 PalettesAccessibilityColor in Wayfinding: How to Design Color-Coded Navigation Systems

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
Vermillion Pearl Soft
#E4CFC8 · hsl(15, 34%, 84%)
Darker companion
Vermillion Silk Soft
#C9A092 · hsl(15, 34%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Cerulean Bloom Soft
#ADD0D7 · hsl(190, 34%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Apricot Bloom Soft
#D7C9AD · hsl(40, 34%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Merlot Bloom Soft
#D7ADB4 · hsl(350, 34%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Mint Bloom Soft
#ADD7B4 · hsl(130, 34%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Violet Bloom Soft
#B4ADD7 · hsl(250, 34%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Teal Bloom Soft
#ADD7C9 · hsl(160, 34%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Cobalt Bloom Soft
#ADBBD7 · hsl(220, 34%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Vermillion Bloom Soft #D7B7AD
Lighter companion: Vermillion Pearl Soft #E4CFC8
Darker companion: Vermillion Silk Soft #C9A092
Complementary counterpoint: Cerulean Bloom Soft #ADD0D7
Analogous lead: Apricot Bloom Soft #D7C9AD
Analogous echo: Merlot Bloom Soft #D7ADB4
Triadic +120°: Mint Bloom Soft #ADD7B4
Triadic +240°: Violet Bloom Soft #B4ADD7
Split-comp +150°: Teal Bloom Soft #ADD7C9
Split-comp +210°: Cobalt Bloom Soft #ADBBD7

Compare

See how Vermillion Bloom Soft compares side by side with related colors.

vsVermillion Pearl SoftvsVermillion Silk SoftvsCerulean Bloom SoftvsApricot Bloom SoftvsMerlot Bloom SoftvsMint Bloom Soft

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Vermillion Bloom Dust
#D2BAB2 · hsl(15, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ruby Bloom Soft
#D7B4AD · hsl(10, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Ember Bloom Soft
#D7BBAD · hsl(20, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Silk Soft
#C9A092 · hsl(15, 34%, 68%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Pearl Soft
#E4CFC8 · hsl(15, 34%, 84%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Bloom Muted
#CDBCB7 · hsl(15, 18%, 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
AAA8.2:1
Cerulean Ink Faint
#202627
AAA8.1:1
Cerulean Ink Muted
#1D282A
AAA8:1
Cerulean Ink Dust
#1A2A2D
AAA7.8:1
Cerulean Ink Soft
#182C30
AAA7.4:1
Cerulean Ink Clear
#103137
AAA7.1:1
Cerulean Ink Vivid
#09353E

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#CCCEB0
Protanopia
#CACAAF
Tritanopia
#D6B1B2
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Vermillion Bloom Faint#C8BFBC · hsl(15, 10%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Muted#CDBCB7 · hsl(15, 18%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Dust#D2BAB2 · hsl(15, 26%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Soft#D7B7AD · hsl(15, 34%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Clear#E3B1A1 · hsl(15, 54%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Vivid#EFAB95 · hsl(15, 74%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Bright#F5A88E · hsl(15, 84%, 76%)Vermillion Bloom Pure#FAA689 · hsl(15, 92%, 76%)
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