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Pastel Color Palette: 24 soft palettes with HEX codes

Baby pink, sky blue, mint, lavender and peach: pastel colors with their names, and 24 pastel palettes made by Kolorii, every code ready to copy in one click. For your drawings, kawaii coloring pages and designs.

Cotton Candy

  • Soft
  • Bright

How to use it

  • 60% Sugared pink
  • 30% Cloud blue
  • 10% Cotton candy
Open as a gradient See the shades
  • Free, no sign-up
  • Codes free to use
  • Palettes made by Kolorii

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Color with this palette

All 24 pastel color palettes

Pick a palette: it shows up large at the top of the page. Click a color to copy its code.

  • Cotton Candy

    Sugared pink · Cloud blue · Cotton candy

  • Mint Garden

    Iced mint · Mint green · Peach

  • Macarons

    Lemon · Raspberry · Blueberry

  • Lavender and Peach

    Pale lavender · Peach · Sage

  • Spring Sky

    Clear sky · Cherry blossom · Sky blue

  • Sorbet

    Seashell · Soft coral · Lagoon

  • Nursery

    Cotton white · Baby blue · Baby pink

  • Unicorn

    Pearly white · Unicorn mauve · Pastel turquoise

  • Ice Cream

    Waffle cone · Strawberry · Mint chip

  • Seaside

    Sea foam white · Lagoon blue · Pink sand

  • Peony

    Petal white · Peony · Stem green

  • Lilac Dream

    Lilac mist · Lilac · Dream blue

  • Lemonade

    Pale lemon · Lemon · Grapefruit

  • Pastel Rainbow

    Pale pink · Light peach · Pale yellow

  • Morning Garden

    Dew · Tender leaves · Garden rose

  • Pastel Sunset

    Pink cloud · Golden apricot · Dusk violet

  • Kawaii

    Candy white · Kawaii pink · Bubble blue

  • Sage and Blush

    Linen white · Pastel sage · Blush

  • Bubblegum

    Bubblegum pink · Aqua mint · Sweet pink

  • Easter Pastels

    Eggshell · Daffodil · Spring grass

  • Cloud Nine

    Cloud · Mist blue · Dawn pink

  • Peaches and Cream

    Cream · Ripe peach · Pale terracotta

  • Watercolor Wash

    Water · Aqua · Watercolor pink

  • Nordic Pastels

    Nordic white · Fjord blue · Clay pink

Kolorii’s 24 pastel color palettes: each palette’s name and the HEX codes of its colors
All 24 palettes in one image, ready to save and keep at hand.

How to use a color palette: the 60-30-10 rule

It is the “3-color rule” used by decorators and illustrators: one color leads, a second one supports it, a third one pops in small touches.

  1. 60%

    The main color

    The background, the sky, the walls: the largest area of the drawing. A calm, often light color.

  2. 30%

    The secondary color

    The main elements: the tree, the pumpkin, the clothes. It gives the palette its character.

  3. 10%

    The accent

    A few eye-catching touches: a star, buttons, a highlight. Often the brightest.

Pastel colors: names and codes

The best-known pastel colors, with their HEX and RGB codes to copy.

Color HEX RGB What it brings to mind Copy
Baby pink #F4C2C2 rgb(244, 194, 194) The best-known pastel, soft and tender.
Pastel blue #AEC6CF rgb(174, 198, 207) A slightly greyish blue, very easy on the eye.
Mint green #BFE8D8 rgb(191, 232, 216) Fresh and light, perfect with pink.
Lavender #CDB9E8 rgb(205, 185, 232) Pastel purple, between blue and pink.
Peach #FFD3B6 rgb(255, 211, 182) A warm pastel orange.
Vanilla yellow #FFF1B8 rgb(255, 241, 184) Pastel yellow, bright but not loud.
Seafoam green #C9E4D6 rgb(201, 228, 214) A very light bluish green.
Orchid #E8C6E3 rgb(232, 198, 227) A pinkish mauve, elegant and soft.

Using these colors

On a coloring page of the same theme, or on paper with your pencils.

The printable color chart

A letter-size page with the palette, the name and code of every color, and a row of empty boxes to match each color with your pencils or markers.

Frequently asked questions

What is a pastel color?

A pastel color is a light, low-saturation color made by adding plenty of white to a bright color: red becomes baby pink, blue becomes sky blue, purple becomes lavender.

What are the pastel colors?

The best known are baby pink, pastel blue, mint green, lavender, peach and vanilla yellow; the table on this page gives their codes.

What color goes with pastel green?

Pastel green (mint) pairs beautifully with peach, powder pink and butter yellow: see the “Mint Garden” palette.

How do I get pastel colors with colored pencils?

Color lightly without pressing, then go over it with a white pencil to soften it: the color turns pastel without changing pencils.