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4-Color Tanzine Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Light · Monochromatic harmony

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4-Color Tanzine Palette

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Light tone · Monochromatic harmony

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Pastel 4 colors Cool Light Monochromatic

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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-pastel-1: #494CA2;
  --c-pastel-2: #8186D5;
  --c-pastel-3: #C6CBEF;
  --c-pastel-4: #E3E7F1;
}

About this palette

This 4-color pastel palette runs from Ghostly Tuna (#E3E7F1) as its lightest tone to Blue Ember (#494CA2) as its darkest. It blends Blue Ember, Tanzine, Miami White and Ghostly Tuna into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 2 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #494CA2 on #E3E7F1 at 5.98:1.

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

Color breakdown

Blue Ember #494CA2

RGB: rgb(73, 76, 162)
HSL: hsl(238, 38%, 46%)
Luminance: 0.092

Tanzine #8186D5

RGB: rgb(129, 134, 213)
HSL: hsl(236, 50%, 67%)
Luminance: 0.265

Miami White #C6CBEF

RGB: rgb(198, 203, 239)
HSL: hsl(233, 56%, 86%)
Luminance: 0.610

Ghostly Tuna #E3E7F1

RGB: rgb(227, 231, 241)
HSL: hsl(223, 33%, 92%)
Luminance: 0.798

Contrast & accessibility

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

Aa #494CA2 on #E3E7F1 5.98:1 AA

Aa #494CA2 on #C6CBEF 4.65:1 AA

Aa #8186D5 on #E3E7F1 2.69:1 Fail

Aa #494CA2 on #8186D5 2.22:1 Fail

Aa #8186D5 on #C6CBEF 2.09:1 Fail

Aa #C6CBEF on #E3E7F1 1.29:1 Fail

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