Curated color palette

Pastel Color Palette

A soft five-color pastel palette with pink, peach, green, blue, and lavender tones.

Pastel colors are intentionally light; pair them with sufficiently dark text when readability matters.

Palette colors

Warm accent Blush #F7CAC9
Soft highlight Peach #FADADD
Fresh accent Mint #CDE7BE
Cool surface Powder Blue #BDE0FE
Cool accent Lavender #E2C6FF

Each swatch chooses black or white label text using the higher WCAG contrast ratio for that single solid color. Final component contrast still depends on your actual text size and context.

Suggested use

Works best for light, friendly visual systems, invitations, gentle illustrations, and low-intensity UI accents where strong contrast is not required from the palette itself.

Surface Pastel Color Palette Example action

CSS variables

:root {
  --palette-1: #F7CAC9;
  --palette-2: #FADADD;
  --palette-3: #CDE7BE;
  --palette-4: #BDE0FE;
  --palette-5: #E2C6FF;
}

Contrast snapshot

Blush #F7CAC9 Best of black/white: 14.25:1
Peach #FADADD Best of black/white: 16.14:1
Mint #CDE7BE Best of black/white: 15.77:1
Powder Blue #BDE0FE Best of black/white: 15.26:1
Lavender #E2C6FF Best of black/white: 13.76:1

This is a quick black/white text comparison, not a full accessibility audit. Use the Contrast Checker for the exact foreground/background pair you plan to ship.

More Pastel palette directions

Cool pastel

Leans toward lavender, blue, and mint.

#E9D5FF#BFDBFE#CFFAFE#D1FAE5#E2E8F0

Warm pastel

Peach, blush, butter, and cream for a warmer direction.

#FBCFE8#FED7AA#FEF3C7#FFE4E6#FFF7ED

Muted pastel

Lower-chroma values for quieter editorial or UI use.

#E7C2C2#C8D5B9#C7D2E2#D7C4D8#E8D8C4

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