Soft Powder Blue Willow
Soft Powder Blue Willow: a pastel analogous palette of #9DC6BE, #8BD9D7, #B9DFE4, #C7E9F5, #E5F4FE. Airy, calm and refreshing; best contrast 1.66:1.
A cool palette of 5 colors drawing on beige, teal, white, with a tight lightness range that stays soft and cohesive. Its lightest and darkest colors reach a contrast of 1.66:1, better for large type and decoration. Open any color for its conversions, shades, harmonies and contrast.
Colors
- ≈ Mint Twist#9DC6BE
A light, muted teal (Mint Twist) that brings a cool, trustworthy tone. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Cold Blue#8BD9D7
A light, muted teal (Cold Blue) that brings a coastal freshness. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Poolside#B9DFE4
A very light, muted teal (Poolside) that brings clean, modern calm. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Icy Breeze#C7E9F5
A very light, muted teal (Icy Breeze) that brings a coastal freshness. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Cold Canada#E5F4FE
A very light, neutral teal (Cold Canada) that brings a coastal freshness. Dark text reads well on it.
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Accessibility
- On white1.86:1Poor 1/5
- On black18.70:1Excellent 5/5
- Color blind friendly93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≈ Silver | Text | #9DC6BE | 79% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Primary | #8BD9D7 | 83% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Surface | #B9DFE4 | 88% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Accent | #C7E9F5 | 91% |
| ≈ White | Background | #E5F4FE | 96% |
No palette color is readable as text on the background, so use #00201C for text.
:root {
--color-background: #e5f4fe;
--color-surface: #b9dfe4;
--color-primary: #8bd9d7;
--color-accent: #c7e9f5;
--color-text: #00201c;
}
@theme {
--color-background: #e5f4fe;
--color-surface: #b9dfe4;
--color-primary: #8bd9d7;
--color-accent: #c7e9f5;
--color-ink: #00201c;
}
About this palette
Soft Powder Blue Willow is palette number 8,520 of Tintly's fifteen million generated palettes. It is a pastel palette built on a analogous scheme, and it is anchored by Powder Blue (#8BD9D7), the most saturated of its five colors.
The palette reads as airy, calm and refreshing. Its colors run from White (#E5F4FE) at the light end to Silver (#9DC6BE) at the dark end, covering 79% to 96% perceptual lightness, so it has real range rather than five similar tones.
The five colors
1. ≈ Silver #9DC6BE: suggested role text. It is a teal color with 79% lightness and a chroma of 0.045.
2. ≈ Powder Blue #8BD9D7: suggested role primary. It is a teal color with 83% lightness and a chroma of 0.077.
3. ≈ Powder Blue #B9DFE4: suggested role surface. It is a cyan color with 88% lightness and a chroma of 0.04.
4. ≈ Powder Blue #C7E9F5: suggested role accent. It is a cyan color with 91% lightness and a chroma of 0.039.
5. ≈ White #E5F4FE: suggested role background. It is a near-neutral color with 96% lightness and a chroma of 0.021, so it behaves like a neutral.
Harmony and structure
The hues sit side by side on the color wheel, spanning roughly 60 degrees. Analogous palettes feel natural and flowing, like a sunset or a stretch of coastline.
In this palette the hues fall in the teal and cyan families, spread across 39 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 cool: 0 of its 4 chromatic colors lean warm and 3 lean cool. Its average chroma of 0.044 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 airy, calm and refreshing.
Accessibility and contrast
The strongest pairing is Silver (#9DC6BE) with White (#E5F4FE) at a contrast ratio of 1.66:1, 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 (#E5F4FE), so this page suggests #00201C for text, a darkened Silver that reaches 15.28:1. Check any pair you use in the contrast checker.
Under protanopia (reduced red sensitivity), #8BD9D7 and #B9DFE4, #B9DFE4 and #C7E9F5 and #C7E9F5 and #E5F4FE may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning. Under deuteranopia (reduced green sensitivity), #9DC6BE and #8BD9D7, #8BD9D7 and #B9DFE4 and #B9DFE4 and #C7E9F5 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning. Under tritanopia (reduced blue sensitivity), #B9DFE4 and #C7E9F5 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning.
How to use it
Suggested roles: #E5F4FE as the background, #B9DFE4 for cards and surfaces, #8BD9D7 as the primary brand color, #C7E9F5 as the accent, and #00201C for text (a computed darker shade of Silver, 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 lead and let the others support it. Keep one color noticeably lighter or darker than the rest so the layout has a clear focal point.
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 Soft Powder Blue Willow accessible?
Its best pair reaches 1.66:1 (#9DC6BE on #E5F4FE). 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?
Powder Blue (#8BD9D7) 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 airy, calm and refreshing feel works well.