Oat Apricot Yarrow
Oat Apricot Yarrow: a soft neutral tetradic palette of #8FADBE, #C5B4CA, #E9C6B2, #D5E8CE, #EFF2FF. Light, balanced and effortless; best contrast 2.11:1.
A cool palette of 5 colors drawing on blue, beige, white, with a tight lightness range that stays soft and cohesive. Its lightest and darkest colors reach a contrast of 2.11:1, better for large type and decoration. Open any color for its conversions, shades, harmonies and contrast.
Colors
- ≈ Open Seas#8FADBE
A light, muted blue (Open Seas) that brings quiet confidence. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Fog Syringa#C5B4CA
A light, muted purple (Fog Syringa) that brings a creative, premium air. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Taco#E9C6B2
A very light, muted orange (Taco) that brings playful warmth. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Jade Palace#D5E8CE
A very light, muted green (Jade Palace) that brings balance and health. Dark text reads well on it.
- ≈ Salt#EFF2FF
A very light, neutral gray (Salt) that brings neutral balance. Dark text reads well on it.
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Accessibility
- On white2.36:1Poor 1/5
- On black18.81:1Excellent 5/5
- Color blind friendly96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≈ Dusty Rose | Text | #8FADBE | 73% |
| ≈ Silver | Accent | #C5B4CA | 79% |
| ≈ Apricot | Primary | #E9C6B2 | 85% |
| ≈ Fog | Surface | #D5E8CE | 91% |
| ≈ White | Background | #EFF2FF | 96% |
No palette color is readable as text on the background, so use #041D2A for text.
:root {
--color-background: #eff2ff;
--color-surface: #d5e8ce;
--color-primary: #e9c6b2;
--color-accent: #c5b4ca;
--color-text: #041d2a;
}
@theme {
--color-background: #eff2ff;
--color-surface: #d5e8ce;
--color-primary: #e9c6b2;
--color-accent: #c5b4ca;
--color-ink: #041d2a;
}
About this palette
Oat Apricot Yarrow is palette number 998 of Tintly's fifteen million generated palettes. It is a soft neutral palette built on a tetradic scheme, and it is anchored by Apricot (#E9C6B2), the most saturated of its five colors.
The palette reads as light, balanced and effortless. Its colors run from White (#EFF2FF) at the light end to Dusty Rose (#8FADBE) at the dark end, covering 73% to 96% perceptual lightness, so it has real range rather than five similar tones.
The five colors
1. ≈ Dusty Rose #8FADBE: suggested role text. It is a cyan color with 73% lightness and a chroma of 0.041.
2. ≈ Silver #C5B4CA: suggested role accent. It is a magenta color with 79% lightness and a chroma of 0.036.
3. ≈ Apricot #E9C6B2: suggested role primary. It is a orange color with 85% lightness and a chroma of 0.048.
4. ≈ Fog #D5E8CE: suggested role surface. It is a green color with 91% lightness and a chroma of 0.04.
5. ≈ White #EFF2FF: suggested role background. It is a near-neutral color with 96% lightness and a chroma of 0.018, so it behaves like a neutral.
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 cyan, magenta, orange and green families, spread across 267 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 temperature-balanced: 1 of its 4 chromatic colors lean warm and 1 lean cool. Its average chroma of 0.037 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 light, balanced and effortless.
Accessibility and contrast
The strongest pairing is Dusty Rose (#8FADBE) with White (#EFF2FF) at a contrast ratio of 2.11:1, 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 (#EFF2FF), so this page suggests #041D2A for text, a darkened Dusty Rose that reaches 15.49:1. Check any pair you use in the contrast checker.
Under protanopia (reduced red sensitivity), #8FADBE and #C5B4CA may look alike, so avoid using that difference alone to carry meaning.
How to use it
Suggested roles: #EFF2FF as the background, #D5E8CE for cards and surfaces, #E9C6B2 as the primary brand color, #C5B4CA as the accent, and #041D2A for text (a computed darker shade of Dusty Rose, 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 Oat Apricot Yarrow accessible?
Its best pair reaches 2.11:1 (#8FADBE on #EFF2FF). 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?
Apricot (#E9C6B2) 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 light, balanced and effortless feel works well.