PalettesEarthly Tones

Palette

Earthly Tones

Slate blue, minty green, and cappuccino hues evoke misty mornings, grounding earth, and calm skies.

Color analysis

Palette profile

This 5-color palette is cool-led with a balanced character and moderate tonal range. Its internal colors provide 3 pairs at or above the 4.5:1 contrast target for normal text.

Temperature

Cool-led

Color character

Balanced

Lightness span

60%

Accessible pairs

3 / 10

Colors

Blue 555B6E#555B6EA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(85, 91, 110)HSLhsl(225.6, 12.8%, 38.2%)CMYKcmyk(22.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 56.9%)LABlab(38.79, 2.21, -11.6)

Turquoise 89B0AE#89B0AEA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(137, 176, 174)HSLhsl(176.9, 19.8%, 61.4%)CMYKcmyk(22.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 31%)LABlab(69.06, -13.51, -3.29)

Turquoise BEE3DB#BEE3DBA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(190, 227, 219)HSLhsl(167, 39.8%, 81.8%)CMYKcmyk(16.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 11%)LABlab(87.48, -13.62, -0.13)

White FAF9F9#FAF9F9A defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(250, 249, 249)HSLhsl(0, 9.1%, 97.8%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 0.4%, 2%)LABlab(98, 0.33, 0.12)

Orange FFD6BA#FFD6BAA defining swatch in this palette, useful for UI accents, branding systems, and visual direction.RGBrgb(255, 214, 186)HSLhsl(24.3, 100%, 86.5%)CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.1%, 27.1%, 0%)LABlab(88.4, 10.28, 19.18)

Meaning

Wedding

Psychology

FreshnessSimplicityMovementEnergy

Usage

InvitationsEditorial Systems

Blue 555B6E

#555B6E

Black text

3.11:1AA Large

White text

6.76:1AA

Support

Turquoise 89B0AE

#89B0AE

Black text

8.89:1AAA

White text

2.36:1Fail

Support

Turquoise BEE3DB

#BEE3DB

Black text

15.20:1AAA

White text

1.38:1Fail

Surface

White FAF9F9

#FAF9F9

Black text

19.98:1AAA

White text

1.05:1Fail

Accent

Orange FFD6BA

#FFD6BA

Black text

15.58:1AAA

White text

1.35:1Fail

Best internal combinations

The strongest foreground and background pairs found inside this palette.

Sample text

#555B6E on #FAF9F96.43:1 · AA

Sample text

#555B6E on #FFD6BA5.01:1 · AA

Sample text

#555B6E on #BEE3DB4.89:1 · AA

Color vision previews

Approximate simulations help reveal swatches that may become difficult to distinguish.

Protanopia

Reduced sensitivity to red light.

Deuteranopia

Reduced sensitivity to green light.

Tritanopia

Reduced sensitivity to blue light.

Achromatopsia

A grayscale approximation without hue perception.

CSS variables

Copy this palette as reusable custom properties for a design system or prototype.

:root {
  --palette-1: #555B6E;
  --palette-2: #89B0AE;
  --palette-3: #BEE3DB;
  --palette-4: #FAF9F9;
  --palette-5: #FFD6BA;
}

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