Color Palettes

Aesthetic color palettes

"Aesthetic" describes a polished, consistent visual style that's huge on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and Notion. Each style has its own palette: warm and coffee-toned, soft and lavender, dark and academic. Here are 12 to help you find yours.

Beige Aesthetic

The most popular choice for Instagram feeds.

Café Latte

Coffee-and-milk tones for warm content.

Soft Lavender

Soft and dreamy, a wallpaper favorite.

Matcha

Fresh greens for wellness and healthy food.

Dark Academia

Old libraries, books and dark tones.

Cottagecore

Countryside, flowers and linen dresses.

Clean Girl

Pinkish neutrals, minimal and glowy.

Y2K

Pink, silver and sky blue straight from the 2000s.

Sky Blue and Cloud

Light and calm, ideal for Instagram highlights.

Aesthetic Sunset

A warm gradient for wallpapers and covers.

Grunge

Dark and worn, with a muted red.

Strawberries and Cream

Sweet and girly, for baking or fashion.

Tap a color to copy its hex code. The pencil icon opens the palette in the editor so you can change it.

Use the same palette across your feed

The aesthetic effect comes from repetition. Apply the same 4 or 5 colors to covers, highlights, text and photo filters.

Edit your photos to match

Edit photos to bring them closer to your colors: desaturate the tones that don't fit and boost the ones that do. Using one preset helps a lot.

For Notion or wallpapers, keep contrast soft

Avoid very bright colors in wallpapers and templates. Choose tones close to each other so icons and text stay readable on top.

Colors in these palettes

LinenPearlKhakiTobacco brownAlabasterCafé au laitCoffee brownWhite smokeUltra violetOff-whiteBoneBaby pinkWhiteSilverSteel bluePeach

Frequently asked questions

What does aesthetic palette mean?

It's a consistent color palette that defines a specific visual style, like beige, dark academia or Y2K. It's used to make a feed or design look unified.

What is the most aesthetic color?

There's no single one, but beige and coffee tones are the most used because they go with almost everything and look warm in photos.

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