Paper Powder Blue Cove
Paper Powder Blue Cove: a soft neutral tetradic palette of #FFE7F3, #EED7BA, #ABD4C3, #B2BAC5, #BC9790. Warm, creamy and inviting; best contrast 2.25:1.
A balanced palette of 5 colors drawing on beige, teal, gray, with a tight lightness range that stays soft and cohesive. Its lightest and darkest colors reach a contrast of 2.25:1, better for large type and decoration. Open any color for its conversions, shades, harmonies and contrast.
Colors
- ≈ Bunny Tail#FFE7F3
A very light, neutral pink (Bunny Tail) that brings softness and care. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Burrito#EED7BA
A very light, muted beige (Burrito) that brings soft, quiet warmth. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Whirlpool#ABD4C3
A light, muted teal (Whirlpool) that brings clean, modern calm. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Cosmic#B2BAC5
A light, neutral gray (Cosmic) that brings calm restraint. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Cortex#BC9790
A light, muted gray (Cortex) that brings neutral balance. Dark text reads well on it.
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Accessibility
- On white2.63:1Poor 1/5
- On black17.97:1Excellent 5/5
- Color blind friendly95% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≈ White | Background | #FFE7F3 | 95% |
| ≈ Apricot | Accent | #EED7BA | 89% |
| ≈ Powder Blue | Primary | #ABD4C3 | 84% |
| ≈ Silver | Surface | #B2BAC5 | 79% |
| ≈ Taupe | Text | #BC9790 | 71% |
No palette color is readable as text on the background, so use #2B130F for text.
:root {
--color-background: #ffe7f3;
--color-surface: #b2bac5;
--color-primary: #abd4c3;
--color-accent: #eed7ba;
--color-text: #2b130f;
}
@theme {
--color-background: #ffe7f3;
--color-surface: #b2bac5;
--color-primary: #abd4c3;
--color-accent: #eed7ba;
--color-ink: #2b130f;
}
About this palette
Paper Powder Blue Cove is palette number 8,726 of Tintly's fifteen million generated palettes. It is a soft neutral palette built on a tetradic scheme, and it is anchored by Powder Blue (#ABD4C3), the most saturated of its five colors.
The palette reads as warm, creamy and inviting. Its colors run from White (#FFE7F3) at the light end to Taupe (#BC9790) at the dark end, covering 71% to 95% perceptual lightness, so it has real range rather than five similar tones.
The five colors
1. ≈ White #FFE7F3: suggested role background. It is a rose color with 95% lightness and a chroma of 0.03.
2. ≈ Apricot #EED7BA: suggested role accent. It is a orange color with 89% lightness and a chroma of 0.046.
3. ≈ Powder Blue #ABD4C3: suggested role primary. It is a teal color with 84% lightness and a chroma of 0.049.
4. ≈ Silver #B2BAC5: suggested role surface. It is a near-neutral color with 79% lightness and a chroma of 0.018, so it behaves like a neutral.
5. ≈ Taupe #BC9790: suggested role text. It is a red color with 71% lightness and a chroma of 0.046.
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 rose, orange, teal and red families, spread across 315 degrees of the OKLCH hue circle. Soft neutral palettes keep chroma between 0.01 and 0.05, and lightness between 72% and 96%, which is why the set feels consistent.
Temperature and mood
Overall the palette is warm: 3 of its 4 chromatic colors lean warm and 0 lean cool. Its average chroma of 0.038 makes the saturation soft.
That combination suits minimal websites, fashion lookbooks and stationery, and it is a good fit when you want a design to feel warm, creamy and inviting.
Accessibility and contrast
The strongest pairing is White (#FFE7F3) with Taupe (#BC9790) at a contrast ratio of 2.25:1, 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 (#FFE7F3), so this page suggests #2B130F for text, a darkened Taupe that reaches 14.94:1. Check any pair you use in the contrast checker.
Under protanopia (reduced red sensitivity), #EED7BA and #ABD4C3 may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning.
How to use it
Suggested roles: #FFE7F3 as the background, #B2BAC5 for cards and surfaces, #ABD4C3 as the primary brand color, #EED7BA as the accent, and #2B130F for text (a computed darker shade of Taupe, 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 soft neutral palette include minimal websites, fashion lookbooks, stationery and note-taking and documentation apps. 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 Paper Powder Blue Cove accessible?
Its best pair reaches 2.25:1 (#FFE7F3 on #BC9790). 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 (#ABD4C3) 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 minimal websites, fashion lookbooks, stationery and note-taking and documentation apps, where a warm, creamy and inviting feel works well.