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). 📸[red pastel palette][IMG1] 📸[red palette][IMG2] 📸[pink pastel palette][IMG3] 📸[pink palette][IMG4] 📸[purple pastel palette][IMG5] 📸[purple palette][IMG6] 📸[blue pastel palette][IMG7] 📸[blue palette][IMG8] 📸[green pastel palette][IMG9] 📸[green palette][IMG10] 📸[yellow pastel palette][IMG11] 📸[yellow palette][IMG12] 📸[orange pastel palette][IMG13] 📸[orange palette][IMG14] 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. References [1] [2] [3] [IMG1] [IMG2] [IMG3] [IMG4] [IMG5] [IMG6] [IMG7] [IMG8] [IMG9] [IMG10] [IMG11] [IMG12] [IMG13] [IMG14]