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4-Color Calabrese Palette

4-color palette · Warm · Light · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Calabrese Palette

4-color palette · Warm temperature · Light tone · Complementary harmony

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Pastel 4 colors Warm Light Complementary

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-pastel-1: #B2E4D5;
  --c-pastel-2: #F2A6A6;
  --c-pastel-3: #B18EA6;
  --c-pastel-4: #E7F3EE;
}

About this palette

This 4-color pastel palette runs from Astronomer (#E7F3EE) as its lightest tone to Soft Impact (#B18EA6) as its darkest. It blends Cruise, Calabrese, Soft Impact and Astronomer into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. None of the 6 in-palette color pairings clear the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1), so pair these colors with black or white for body text.

Gentle, low-saturation tones — ideal for wedding sites, baby brands, soft hero sections, and editorial layouts that lead with whitespace.

Color breakdown

Cruise #B2E4D5

RGB: rgb(178, 228, 213)
HSL: hsl(162, 48%, 80%)
Luminance: 0.698

Calabrese #F2A6A6

RGB: rgb(242, 166, 166)
HSL: hsl(0, 75%, 80%)
Luminance: 0.489

Soft Impact #B18EA6

RGB: rgb(177, 142, 166)
HSL: hsl(319, 18%, 63%)
Luminance: 0.315

Astronomer #E7F3EE

RGB: rgb(231, 243, 238)
HSL: hsl(155, 33%, 93%)
Luminance: 0.873

Contrast & accessibility

0 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #B18EA6 on #E7F3EE 2.53:1 Fail

Aa #B2E4D5 on #B18EA6 2.05:1 Fail

Aa #F2A6A6 on #E7F3EE 1.71:1 Fail

Aa #F2A6A6 on #B18EA6 1.48:1 Fail

Aa #B2E4D5 on #F2A6A6 1.39:1 Fail

Aa #B2E4D5 on #E7F3EE 1.23:1 Fail

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