Aurora Color Palettes
Twelve aurora palettes with hex codes — generate endless more with the free tool below.
#31f2ae · #2aadb2 · #28a93b · #b92db6 · #bc206b
#28e6b0 · #2dbceb · #3dd666 · #d435a4 · #ed3b5c
#16bb95 · #13cbec · #27f15d · #b71f8f · #ef1f64
#22cea0 · #1cbbca · #52e07a · #c62fad · #d7337c
#33d197 · #40e5e7 · #38f05a · #c125a2 · #d81358
#1acb93 · #22c7dd · #26ed5e · #c0169e · #f33067
#1fdbb8 · #25b2e9 · #0ee15f · #e048ad · #e61946
#49e4a3 · #36e7dc · #28b843 · #f127da · #e82c71
#15d179 · #3cd5dd · #0dc534 · #e326ca · #bc1a63
#3acfaf · #4dd1e0 · #14cc45 · #c20fa4 · #e04875
#0fc78a · #1bb1b1 · #34da66 · #dc47cb · #c0305d
#35d094 · #0eb6c8 · #1bc53d · #cd0eaa · #ce275f
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Open the Color Palette GeneratorUsing a aurora palette
An aurora palette is the rare dark theme defined by its lights: electric green-teals as the base curtain, with magenta-pink and crimson fringes — the colors of a display’s lower edge — completing the set. Everything depends on the ground: these hues only perform against a near-black sky, and the moment you put them on white they become generic spring brights. Gradients and glow treatments suit the theme far better than flat swatches do, so budget design time for blends, blurs, and long soft transitions between the green and the pink. Nordic tourism, wellness and light-therapy products, VPNs and night-mode software, and festival branding all draw on it. Restrain the coverage: an aurora is a ribbon across a dark field, and layouts that respect that ratio keep the sense of wonder the theme is hired for.
Frequently asked questions
What colors make up an aurora palette?
Luminous green-teal as the dominant curtain, with magenta-pink and crimson at the fringes the way strong displays actually border — all staged against a near-black sky tone. The dark ground is not optional; it is what makes the bright hues read as light.
Why do my aurora colors look like Easter brights?
They are sitting on a light background. Saturated green-teal and pink only read as atmospheric glow against darkness; on white they are just cheerful spring colors. Darken the ground to a deep blue-black and the glow comes back.
How much of a layout should aurora colors cover?
A ribbon’s worth — hero gradients, section dividers, glowing edges — over a mostly dark field. Wall-to-wall luminous color loses the night-sky framing and drifts toward vaporwave; hold the ratio and it still reads as weather.