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A little color. A new perspective.

Published Jul 15, 2026

The Week beside a Sand Timer

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Five colors, endless possibilities. Select a color to copy its HEX.

A calm weekly-planning palette with a cool stone-gray workspace, dark green-blue type, soft-white task cards, muted-violet selections, and yellow-green due-date tabs.

The feeling

A quiet weekly board of cool stone, paper-white tasks, deep violet projects, yellow-green dates, and dark ink

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The mood

A sand timer stands beside a weekly board arranged with translucent tabs. Soft-white cards hold the work, a deep violet panel marks the selected project, and yellow-green tabs bring due dates to the edge of each column.

Planning Ink carries the interface text, Timer Stone forms the workspace, Paper Task holds weekly items, Project Violet marks the current project, and Due Tab identifies dated work.

How to use it

Set the weekly workspace in Timer Stone with Planning Ink for column names, navigation, and notes. Use Paper Task for task cards and longer descriptions. Apply Project Violet to the selected project with Paper Task text, and reserve Due Tab for date chips with Planning Ink text and a dark outline.

Allocate about 47% to Timer Stone, 39% to Paper Task, and 14% to Project Violet. The stone field remains visible between columns, white cards provide broad writing surfaces, and violet stays focused on the active project.

What to watch

Planning Ink reaches about 4.69:1 on Timer Stone, 12.80:1 on Paper Task, and 6.56:1 on Due Tab. It measures only about 1.45:1 on Project Violet, so use Paper Task text on violet instead; that pairing reaches about 8.81:1.

Due Tab reaches only about 1.40:1 against Timer Stone. Keep the dark outline, date text, and due label on every tab. Project Violet reaches about 3.23:1 against the workspace, suitable as a visible selected-control boundary when the shape and label remain clear.

A considered balance

Make room for
the right colors.

Use Timer Stone for the weekly workspace and Planning Ink for main text. Apply Paper Task to task cards, Project Violet to the selected project with Paper Task text, and Due Tab to date chips with Planning Ink text and a dark outline.

Start with a generous background, introduce your primary color, then use the highlight sparingly. The ratios are a guide for large surfaces, not a fixed recipe.

47 Base
39 Main
14 Point
Timer Stone

Background & breathing room

Paper Task

Cards, graphics & sections

Project Violet

Focal areas & key details

Background · Primary · Highlight. Use text and accent colors where their roles call for them.

Text on background
4.69:1 #102F33 on #8C9698 · AA normal text
Text on primary
12.80:1 #102F33 on #F4F3EE · AAA normal text
Text on highlight
1.45:1 #102F33 on #4B3C68 · Not suitable for text

Recommended text on highlight

The original text has low contrast (1.45:1). This example uses Paper Task (#F4F3EE) from the same palette instead of #102F33 on #4B3C68, improving contrast to 8.81:1. This meets WCAG AA for normal text.

Text on accent
6.56:1 #102F33 on #A8B85E · AA normal text

Contrast is calculated for these specific pairs. Large text means at least 24 px regular or about 18.7 px bold. Check every pairing in your final design.

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COLOR NOTE

Do not place Planning Ink text on Project Violet; the pairing measures about 1.45:1. Use Paper Task text on violet at about 8.81:1, and outline Due Tab because it reaches only about 1.40:1 against Timer Stone.

From inspiration to creation

Your next idea,
in these colors.

Add a considered color direction to the design you already have in mind. Your layout and instructions stay yours.

  1. Write your design request.
  2. Choose a color guide and copy it.
  3. Paste it after your request.
  4. Review the result and check readability.

Try it in the design or AI tool you already use. 

[Color guide — coloring.today / the-week-beside-a-sand-timer]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Planning Ink #102F33
Primary: Paper Task #F4F3EE
Highlight: Project Violet #4B3C68
Accent: Due Tab #A8B85E
Background: Timer Stone #8C9698

Mood: A quiet weekly board of cool stone, paper-white tasks, deep violet projects, yellow-green dates, and dark ink
Suggested uses: Productivity apps
Application note: Use Timer Stone for the weekly workspace and Planning Ink for main text. Apply Paper Task to task cards, Project Violet to the selected project with Paper Task text, and Due Tab to date chips with Planning Ink text and a dark outline.
Avoid: Do not place Planning Ink text on Project Violet; the pairing measures about 1.45:1. Use Paper Task text on violet at about 8.81:1, and outline Due Tab because it reaches only about 1.40:1 against Timer Stone.
Use approximately 47% background, 39% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Keep the original HEX values. Choose readable text/background pairings without silently changing the palette. Do not introduce unrelated colors.

[Color guide — coloring.today / the-week-beside-a-sand-timer]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Planning Ink #102F33
Primary: Paper Task #F4F3EE
Highlight: Project Violet #4B3C68
Accent: Due Tab #A8B85E
Background: Timer Stone #8C9698

Mood: A quiet weekly board of cool stone, paper-white tasks, deep violet projects, yellow-green dates, and dark ink
Suggested uses: Productivity apps
Application note: Use Timer Stone for the weekly workspace and Planning Ink for main text. Apply Paper Task to task cards, Project Violet to the selected project with Paper Task text, and Due Tab to date chips with Planning Ink text and a dark outline.
Avoid: Do not place Planning Ink text on Project Violet; the pairing measures about 1.45:1. Use Paper Task text on violet at about 8.81:1, and outline Due Tab because it reaches only about 1.40:1 against Timer Stone.
Use approximately 47% background, 39% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Use these semantic tokens consistently. Keep the original HEX values.
:root {
  --color-text: #102F33;
  --color-primary: #F4F3EE;
  --color-highlight: #4B3C68;
  --color-accent: #A8B85E;
  --color-background: #8C9698;
}
Background is the canvas, text is readable copy, primary is a key surface, highlight draws attention, and accent adds small secondary details.

[Color guide — coloring.today / the-week-beside-a-sand-timer]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Planning Ink #102F33
Primary: Paper Task #F4F3EE
Highlight: Project Violet #4B3C68
Accent: Due Tab #A8B85E
Background: Timer Stone #8C9698

Mood: A quiet weekly board of cool stone, paper-white tasks, deep violet projects, yellow-green dates, and dark ink
Suggested uses: Productivity apps
Application note: Use Timer Stone for the weekly workspace and Planning Ink for main text. Apply Paper Task to task cards, Project Violet to the selected project with Paper Task text, and Due Tab to date chips with Planning Ink text and a dark outline.
Avoid: Do not place Planning Ink text on Project Violet; the pairing measures about 1.45:1. Use Paper Task text on violet at about 8.81:1, and outline Due Tab because it reaches only about 1.40:1 against Timer Stone.
Use approximately 47% background, 39% primary, and 14% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Text/background contrast: 4.69:1. This is one measured pair, not a guarantee for the whole palette. Check every actual text/background pairing against WCAG AA. Prefer readable combinations from the original colors, keep visible keyboard focus, and never communicate state through color alone. If no original pairing meets the requirement, propose a separately labeled derived color with its original HEX, proposed HEX, purpose and measured contrast. Never overwrite the source palette.

This guide preserves the original HEX values. Review the output before using it.

Bring it into your project

Five colors.
Ready to use.

Copy the same colors as semantic CSS variables. Every preview and prompt on this page uses this palette. 

:root {
  --color-text: #102F33;
  --color-primary: #F4F3EE;
  --color-highlight: #4B3C68;
  --color-accent: #A8B85E;
  --color-background: #8C9698;
}

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