Airy Cream Gallery
Airy Cream Gallery: a pastel tetradic palette of #C8BA9E, #B7D4CC, #CAD7F4, #FED9E7, #E2FCCE. Light, playful and welcoming; best contrast 1.73:1.
A balanced palette of 5 colors drawing on beige, green, with a tight lightness range that stays soft and cohesive. Its lightest and darkest colors reach a contrast of 1.73:1, better for large type and decoration. Open any color for its conversions, shades, harmonies and contrast.
Colors
- ≈ Lush#C8BA9E
A light, muted yellow (Lush) that brings a bright, hopeful note. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Windy#B7D4CC
A light, neutral gray (Windy) that brings neutral balance. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Fly a Kite#CAD7F4
A very light, muted blue (Fly a Kite) that brings quiet confidence. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Strawberry Milk#FED9E7
A very light, muted pink (Strawberry Milk) that brings softness and care. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Futon#E2FCCE
A very light, muted green (Futon) that brings balance and health. Dark text reads well on it.
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Accessibility
- On white1.91:1Poor 1/5
- On black19.04:1Excellent 5/5
- Color blind friendly89% similarExcellent 5/5
Contrast is the best any color in the palette reaches on a plain white or black background. Color blind friendly shows how much of the difference between the colors is kept under the common kinds of color blindness.
| Color | Role | HEX | Lightness |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≈ Ash | Text | #C8BA9E | 79% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Accent | #B7D4CC | 85% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Surface | #CAD7F4 | 88% |
| ≈ Pink | Primary | #FED9E7 | 92% |
| ≈ Cream | Background | #E2FCCE | 96% |
No palette color is readable as text on the background, so use #231903 for text.
:root {
--color-background: #e2fcce;
--color-surface: #cad7f4;
--color-primary: #fed9e7;
--color-accent: #b7d4cc;
--color-text: #231903;
}
@theme {
--color-background: #e2fcce;
--color-surface: #cad7f4;
--color-primary: #fed9e7;
--color-accent: #b7d4cc;
--color-ink: #231903;
}
About this palette
Airy Cream Gallery is palette number 15,048 of Tintly's fifteen million generated palettes. It is a pastel palette built on a tetradic scheme, and it is anchored by Cream (#E2FCCE), the most saturated of its five colors.
The palette reads as light, playful and welcoming. Its colors run from Cream (#E2FCCE) at the light end to Ash (#C8BA9E) at the dark end, covering 79% to 96% perceptual lightness, so it has real range rather than five similar tones.
The five colors
1. ≈ Ash #C8BA9E: suggested role text. It is a yellow color with 79% lightness and a chroma of 0.041.
2. ≈ Powder Blue #B7D4CC: suggested role accent. It is a teal color with 85% lightness and a chroma of 0.033.
3. ≈ Powder Blue #CAD7F4: suggested role surface. It is a blue color with 88% lightness and a chroma of 0.043.
4. ≈ Pink #FED9E7: suggested role primary. It is a rose color with 92% lightness and a chroma of 0.045.
5. ≈ Cream #E2FCCE: suggested role background. It is a green color with 96% lightness and a chroma of 0.066.
Harmony and structure
Four hues are spaced around the wheel in two complementary pairs. It is the richest scheme, and the hardest to balance.
In this palette the hues fall in the yellow, teal, blue, rose and green families, spread across 269 degrees of the OKLCH hue circle. Pastel palettes keep chroma between 0.03 and 0.08, and lightness between 80% and 96%, which is why the set feels consistent.
Temperature and mood
Overall the palette is temperature-balanced: 2 of its 5 chromatic colors lean warm and 1 lean cool. Its average chroma of 0.046 makes the saturation soft.
That combination suits baby and children's brands, wedding stationery and spring campaigns, and it is a good fit when you want a design to feel light, playful and welcoming.
Accessibility and contrast
The strongest pairing is Ash (#C8BA9E) with Cream (#E2FCCE) at a contrast ratio of 1.73:1, which is below the WCAG AA minimum of 4.5:1. Across all 10 possible pairs, 0 reach the 4.5:1 AA level for normal text and 0 more reach 3:1 for large text.
No other palette color reaches 4.5:1 on the background (#E2FCCE), so this page suggests #231903 for text, a darkened Ash that reaches 15.71:1. Check any pair you use in the contrast checker.
Under protanopia (reduced red sensitivity), #B7D4CC and #FED9E7 and #CAD7F4 and #FED9E7 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning. Under tritanopia (reduced blue sensitivity), #B7D4CC and #CAD7F4 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning.
How to use it
Suggested roles: #E2FCCE as the background, #CAD7F4 for cards and surfaces, #FED9E7 as the primary brand color, #B7D4CC as the accent, and #231903 for text (a computed darker shade of Ash, because no palette color is readable on that background). A reliable starting split is 60% background and surface, 30% primary and 10% accent.
Let one hue take most of the space and use the others sparingly. Control the mood with lightness and saturation rather than hue.
Typical uses for a pastel palette include baby and children's brands, wedding stationery, spring campaigns and wellness and beauty websites. Open it in the generator to lock the colors you love and reroll the rest, or in the visualizer to see it on real layouts.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Airy Cream Gallery accessible?
Its best pair reaches 1.73:1 (#C8BA9E on #E2FCCE). 0 of 10 pairs reach WCAG AA for normal text. Always check the exact text and background you use.
Which color should be the main brand color?
Pink (#FED9E7) is the most saturated color that is neither the lightest nor the darkest, which makes it the natural primary.
What is this palette good for?
It suits baby and children's brands, wedding stationery, spring campaigns and wellness and beauty websites, where a light, playful and welcoming feel works well.