Sherbet Daydream color palette
Sherbet Daydream is a 5-color palette drawing on greens, pinks, purples, teals and cyans and yellows. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 77% (#9DBDB0, medium-light) to 94% (#E3F4C8, very light), and its most saturated color, #E3F4C8, is muted. Its chromatic colors split evenly between the warm and cool sides of the hue wheel. 0 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged pastel, light and green.
- French Gray #9DBDB0
- Cherry Blossom Pink #DDB4BB
- Cadet Gray #DCCBF0
- Diamond #C5E8F0
- Lemon Meringue #E3F4C8
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Gray | #9DBDB0 | rgb(157, 189, 176) | hsl(156, 20%, 68%) | oklch(77.1% 0.039 168.7) |
| Cherry Blossom Pink | #DDB4BB | rgb(221, 180, 187) | hsl(350, 38%, 79%) | oklch(80.8% 0.048 6.7) |
| Cadet Gray | #DCCBF0 | rgb(220, 203, 240) | hsl(268, 55%, 87%) | oklch(86.8% 0.054 306) |
| Diamond | #C5E8F0 | rgb(197, 232, 240) | hsl(191, 59%, 86%) | oklch(90.8% 0.038 213.1) |
| Lemon Meringue | #E3F4C8 | rgb(227, 244, 200) | hsl(83, 67%, 87%) | oklch(94.3% 0.06 124.7) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Sherbet Daydream, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #E3F4C8 on #9DBDB0 | 1.74:1 | Fail | Lc -32.7 |
| #E3F4C8 on #DDB4BB | 1.59:1 | Fail | Lc -27.8 |
| #C5E8F0 on #9DBDB0 | 1.56:1 | Fail | Lc -25.1 |
Color vision
3 pairs of colors come within ΔE 0.06 of each other under at least one simulation.
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/9dbdb0-ddb4bb-dccbf0-c5e8f0-e3f4c8.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.