Primrose Bloom color palette

Primrose Bloom is a 5-color palette drawing on purples and pinks. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 26% (#30173F, dark) to 92% (#FFDBE2, very light), and its most saturated color, #DF97B7, is moderately saturated. 3 of its 5 chromatic colors sit on the warm side of the hue wheel. 3 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged spring, gradient, pink, purple, warm and colorblind-friendly.

SpringGradientPinkPurpleWarmColorblind-friendly

Color codes

ColorHEXRGBHSLOKLCH
Oxford Blue #30173F rgb(48, 23, 63) hsl(278, 47%, 17%) oklch(26.1% 0.077 311)
Dusty Grape #683B6B rgb(104, 59, 107) hsl(296, 29%, 33%) oklch(42.6% 0.094 324.8)
English Lavender #A26791 rgb(162, 103, 145) hsl(317, 24%, 52%) oklch(59.1% 0.094 338.1)
Cherry Blossom Pink #DF97B7 rgb(223, 151, 183) hsl(333, 53%, 73%) oklch(75.7% 0.095 351.4)
Apricot #FFDBE2 rgb(255, 219, 226) hsl(348, 100%, 93%) oklch(92.3% 0.041 4.7)

Accessibility

The best text and background pairs in Primrose Bloom, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.

PairWCAG 2LevelAPCA Lc
#FFDBE2 on #30173F 12.49:1 AAA Lc -87.7
#30173F on #DF97B7 7.01:1 AAA Lc 55.9
#FFDBE2 on #683B6B 6.79:1 AA Lc -76.4

Color vision

No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.

  • Protanopia

  • Deuteranopia

  • Tritanopia

  • Achromatopsia

Use it in code

Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/30173f-683b6b-a26791-df97b7-ffdbe2.json.

Make it your own

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Gradients from these colors