Seaside Postcard

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Design that earns its keep

A tiny landing page, painted entirely with this palette so you can judge it doing real work.

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How the preview picks colors: the lightest swatch becomes the page background, the darkest becomes the text, and the most vivid becomes the button. To override: tap a chip to arm it, then click any outlined part of the mockup to paint (or drag the chip there). Your arrangement is saved into this page's URL, so copying the link shares it.

Why it works

This is a classic beach triad — cool sky, warm sand, hot coral — held together by the fact that all three share a slightly faded, sun-bleached saturation. Deep-sea teal anchors the light values and keeps type legible, while shell white gives the coral room to pop at small sizes. The gentle desaturation is what makes it read as vintage postcard rather than resort brochure.

Built around Sky Blue.

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Hex values
  • #87ceebsky
  • #f4e2c9sand
  • #e76f51coral
  • #14424fdeep-sea
  • #fdf9f3shell
CSS custom properties

The variables, doing badge duty

skysandcoraldeep-seashell
:root {
  --color-sky: #87ceeb;
  --color-sand: #f4e2c9;
  --color-coral: #e76f51;
  --color-deep-sea: #14424f;
  --color-shell: #fdf9f3;
}
Tailwind v4 theme

In Seaside Postcard's world

@theme {
  --color-sky: #87ceeb;
  --color-sand: #f4e2c9;
  --color-coral: #e76f51;
  --color-deep-sea: #14424f;
  --color-shell: #fdf9f3;
}
JSON
{
  "name": "Seaside Postcard",
  "colors": [
    {
      "hex": "#87ceeb",
      "role": "sky"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#f4e2c9",
      "role": "sand"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#e76f51",
      "role": "coral"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#14424f",
      "role": "deep-sea"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#fdf9f3",
      "role": "shell"
    }
  ]
}

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