Document: WM-094                                                 P. Webb
Category: Design                                              2026-06-05

                              uchū pastel

Abstract

   New update!

Body

   Ever since uchū’s inception I’ve wanted a nice pastel set to go with
   it. A few days ago I saw someone give advice to another about toning
   down the saturation. In the browser you can filter: saturate(0.5);
   but I think that uses #000 and I’d rather use my own black from
   my palette (as I write this, I realize I could’ve tried color-mix[1]
   before the method I’m about to detail).

   I took screenshots of my colors on uchu.style[2], put them in
   Pixelmator, and played around with opacity on a Saturation layer
   containing --uchu-yin (black). These are the results (followed by
   the default colors).

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   I think I like the new pastel variant, I’m unsure. I sat with the
   original uchū palette for a year before I shared it with the world so
   this may need some time to grow on me. It’s also possible I change
   some things slightly. My wife loves the red pastels because they look
   like lipsticks she prefers.

   Special shout-out to Sindre for his excellent System Color Picker[3].
   It has OKLCH support and looks great.