pastel10 colors

Pastel Dream Palette

A 10-color soft palette: milky pastels with a cocoa outline tone — for cozy games, cute items and low-contrast, friendly scenes.

Where to use this palette

Outlines: cocoa #5a4a42 instead of black — black kills pastel softness immediately.
Shading range is narrow: 2 steps per material max, contrast comes from hue differences.
Keep saturation low across the board; ONE slightly stronger accent is enough.
Backgrounds should be the lightest tones so sprites in mid pastels still separate.

Use this palette

Copy the hex values above into the editor's Palette tab, or rebuild the ramp from one base color in the Palette Generator.

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pastel10 colors

A 10-color soft palette: milky pastels with a cocoa outline tone — for cozy games, cute items and low-contrast, friendly scenes.

Outlines: cocoa #5a4a42 instead of black — black kills pastel softness immediately.
Shading range is narrow: 2 steps per material max, contrast comes from hue differences.
Keep saturation low across the board; ONE slightly stronger accent is enough.
Backgrounds should be the lightest tones so sprites in mid pastels still separate.

Use this palette

Copy the hex values above into the editor's Palette tab, or rebuild the ramp from one base color in the Palette Generator.