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Y2K Digital

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No two colors here reach 4.5:1 for body text. Set text in white or black instead — each swatch's HEX is drawn in whichever reads better.

Early internet optimism rendered in the colors of the 2000s: electric cobalt, chrome gray, lime green, and vivid magenta. This palette captures the era of translucent plastics, neon desktop themes, and unironic digital maximalism.

Y2K Digital is unabashedly bold: this is the palette of translucent iMacs, MSN Messenger skins, and early Flash websites. It belongs in music, gaming, streetwear, and any brand that wants to claim the early-internet aesthetic without being ironic about it. Use sparingly in UI contexts — this palette can overwhelm — but lean into its energy for editorial and campaign work.

DigitalNostalgiaBold
Why this set works

A millennium-era revival palette of electric blues, chrome silvers, and vivid accents for digital nostalgia projects.

Music and entertainment branding
Streetwear and fashion
Gaming and digital nostalgia
Prompt words
music brand in early 2000s electric blue and vivid chrome palettestreetwear brand with Y2K era bold colors and digital energygaming interface in millennium-era cobalt and lime palette
Export ready
1. Cobalt Bloom Vivid #95B3EF
2. Iris Tone Vivid #4E4EE4
3. Lime Core Vivid #7AD520
4. Magenta Silk Vivid #D671EA
5. Cool Gray Tone #93999F
6. Azure Pearl Clear #C0DEEC
:root {
  --y2k-digital-1: #95B3EF;
  --y2k-digital-2: #4E4EE4;
  --y2k-digital-3: #7AD520;
  --y2k-digital-4: #D671EA;
  --y2k-digital-5: #93999F;
  --y2k-digital-6: #C0DEEC;
}
Dark mode pairs
#95B3EF
#12264F
#4E4EE4
#1C1C7D
#7AD520
#BAE58F
#D671EA
#8A249E
#93999F
#494D50
#C0DEEC
#0F2129
WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#95B3EF
2.1:1 Fail
10:1 AAA
#4E4EE4
5.9:1 AA
3.5:1 AA Large
#7AD520
1.8:1 Fail
11.4:1 AAA
#D671EA
2.8:1 Fail
7.4:1 AAA
#93999F
2.9:1 Fail
7.3:1 AAA
#C0DEEC
1.4:1 Fail
14.9:1 AAA

Color-on-color pairs:

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2.8:1 Fail
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1.1:1 Fail
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1.3:1 Fail
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1.4:1 Fail
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1.5:1 Fail
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3.2:1 AA Large
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2.1:1 Fail
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2.1:1 Fail
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4.2:1 AA Large
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1.5:1 Fail
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1.6:1 Fail
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1.3:1 Fail
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1:1 Fail
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2:1 Fail
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2:1 Fail

Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

Back to collections
1
Cobalt Bloom Vivid
#95B3EF
Blue · hsl(220, 74%, 76%)
2
Iris Tone Vivid
#4E4EE4
Blue · hsl(240, 74%, 60%)
3
Lime Core Vivid
#7AD520
Lime · hsl(90, 74%, 48%)
4
Magenta Silk Vivid
#D671EA
Pink · hsl(290, 74%, 68%)
5
Cool Gray Tone
#93999F
Blue · hsl(210, 6%, 60%)
6
Azure Pearl Clear
#C0DEEC
Blue · hsl(200, 54%, 84%)

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ScopeOne curated palette of 6 colors.The same palettes, with no daily export cap anywhere on the site.
OutputHEX, CSS and Tailwind to copy any time. The ZIP and dark-mode tokens count toward the site's free exports: 3 a day, 10 when signed in.No daily limit on any export: this ZIP (CSS, Tailwind, JSON, SCSS), the dark-mode tokens, and Figma tokens and Procreate swatches in the palette builder.
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