{
  "schema": "colorcombinations-collection/v1",
  "slug": "pastel",
  "title": "Pastel Color Palettes",
  "tagline": "The soft register of Japanese color — sakura, haze, and spring mist.",
  "description": "Japanese pastel is not the saccharine variety of greeting-card pink — it is the muted, often grey-shifted softness of seasonal pigments: sakura (cherry blossom), kasumi (spring haze), mizu (water blue), usumomo (pale peach). The light comes from the white paper showing through diluted mineral pigments, not from saturation. These palettes work for beauty, wellness, lifestyle brands, and any digital interface that needs to breathe.",
  "keywords": [
    "pastel color palette",
    "soft color combinations",
    "pastel color scheme",
    "light color palette",
    "pale color combinations"
  ],
  "accentHex": "#F9D5E0",
  "paletteCount": 8,
  "palettes": [
    {
      "slug": "sakura-wakatake",
      "title": "Cherry Blossom & Young Bamboo",
      "titleJa": "桜と若竹",
      "dominantHue": "pink",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "refined",
        "playful"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#F9D5E0",
        "#A3C293",
        "#F8F4E9",
        "#4C5D3F"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/sakura-wakatake/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/sakura-wakatake.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nadeshiko-mizu",
      "title": "Pink Dianthus & Water",
      "titleJa": "撫子と水色",
      "dominantHue": "pink",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "playful",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#EBA6B4",
        "#B4D6E5",
        "#F8F4E9"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/nadeshiko-mizu/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/nadeshiko-mizu.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fuji-ai",
      "title": "Wisteria & Indigo",
      "titleJa": "藤と藍",
      "dominantHue": "purple",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "refined",
        "cool"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#B5A6C9",
        "#1C3D5A",
        "#F4EEE0"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/fuji-ai/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/fuji-ai.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "murasaki-gin",
      "title": "Royal Purple & Silver",
      "titleJa": "紫と銀",
      "dominantHue": "purple",
      "moods": [
        "refined",
        "solemn",
        "cool"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#7A4E8F",
        "#BCBCBE",
        "#2B2B2B",
        "#F4EEE0"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/murasaki-gin/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/murasaki-gin.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hanada-gin",
      "title": "Indigo Blue & Silver",
      "titleJa": "縹と銀",
      "dominantHue": "blue",
      "moods": [
        "refined",
        "cool",
        "solemn"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#3C6E8F",
        "#BCBCBE",
        "#F8F4E9"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/hanada-gin/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/hanada-gin.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "gunjo-gofun",
      "title": "Ultramarine & Chalk White",
      "titleJa": "群青と胡粉",
      "dominantHue": "blue",
      "moods": [
        "solemn",
        "serene",
        "austere"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#264A6B",
        "#F4EEE0",
        "#C5AC6B"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/gunjo-gofun/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/gunjo-gofun.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ruri-gofun",
      "title": "Lapis & Chalk",
      "titleJa": "瑠璃と胡粉",
      "dominantHue": "blue",
      "moods": [
        "solemn",
        "serene",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#1E4B8A",
        "#F4EEE0",
        "#D4AF37"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/ruri-gofun/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/ruri-gofun.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ao-shiro",
      "title": "Ao & White",
      "titleJa": "青と白",
      "dominantHue": "blue",
      "moods": [
        "serene",
        "cool",
        "refined"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "#3A7D7B",
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#1C1C1C"
      ],
      "url": "https://colorcombinations.org/palettes/ao-shiro/",
      "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/palettes/ao-shiro.json"
    }
  ],
  "urls": {
    "canonical": "https://colorcombinations.org/collections/pastel/",
    "embed": "https://colorcombinations.org/embed/collection/pastel/",
    "openGraph": "https://colorcombinations.org/og/collections/pastel.svg",
    "api": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/collections/pastel.json"
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0 (attribution: colorcombinations.org)",
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations (1933 · six volumes)"
}