Oceania
Australia Color Palette
Uluru ochre, eucalyptus blue-green, and Great Barrier Reef coral — earth at one extreme, sea at the other.
The palette
Eucalyptus Blue-Green
≈Jade Radiant MutedEucalyptus regnans / globulus foliage
Black text 7.29:1 · AAA
Cultural context
The Australian palette is as widely separated as the continent itself: the saturated Uluru ochre + Pilbara red of the Outback against the cool eucalyptus blue-green of the bushland and the high-key coral and turquoise of the Great Barrier Reef. Indigenous Australian art, with its dot-painting tradition rooted in iron-oxide ochres, is the country's longest continuous color tradition (40,000+ years). The supporting palette adds the bleached cream of summer beach sand, the warm pink of summer-evening light over Perth and Sydney, and the deep navy of the southern night sky.
Suits
Outdoor / adventure gearWine and food packaging (Margaret River, Hunter Valley)Tourism brandingSurf-wear
Copy as CSS
:root {
--uluru-ochre: #c9472b;
--eucalyptus-blue-green: #7ea08c;
--reef-coral: #ff7e6f;
--reef-turquoise: #3fbfb9;
--bush-khaki: #8e895c;
--beach-cream: #f2efe1;
--southern-sky-navy: #0c1e3f;
}Copy as Tailwind
@theme {
--color-uluru-ochre: #c9472b;
--color-eucalyptus-blue-green: #7ea08c;
--color-reef-coral: #ff7e6f;
--color-reef-turquoise: #3fbfb9;
--color-bush-khaki: #8e895c;
--color-beach-cream: #f2efe1;
--color-southern-sky-navy: #0c1e3f;
}Further reading
More regional palettes
Japan
Indigo, sumi ink, and unbleached paper — restraint as aesthetics.
Morocco
Saffron, terracotta, and Majorelle Blue — the spectrum of an Atlas-edge market.
Greece (Aegean)
Whitewashed walls and Aegean blue — the two-color palette of the Cycladic islands.
Italy (Tuscany)
Terra rossa and Sienese ochres — the warm half of the Mediterranean palette.