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Christmas Color Palettes

Christmas colour still means red and green, but the pair is tuned so the complements stop vibrating on screen. Deeper holly and slightly softened crimson sit on cream or deep pine neutrals instead of fighting edge-to-edge. Its main colours include pearl (#dfeebf), lilac (#aaa2ee), flax (#e6d677), brick red (#de4a52), verdigris (#31b7aa), built as a complementary set around 355° on the colour wheel. Hex and RGB values for each swatch are listed below for quick copy.

Christmas color palette hex codes

Main christmas colours with named swatches, HEX and RGB. Derived from this tag's hue (355°), saturation (62%) and complementary scheme.

Christmas color palette hex codes
SwatchNameHEXRGBCopy
Pearl swatchPearl#dfeebfrgb(223, 238, 191)
Lilac swatchLilac#aaa2eergb(170, 162, 238)
Flax swatchFlax#e6d677rgb(230, 214, 119)
Brick Red swatchBrick Red#de4a52rgb(222, 74, 82)
Verdigris swatchVerdigris#31b7aargb(49, 183, 170)
Wine swatchWine#792328rgb(121, 35, 40)
Pine swatchPine#14615frgb(20, 97, 95)
Ebony swatchEbony#3f1013rgb(63, 16, 19)

Christmas color palettes

About christmas color palettes

These 24 christmas palettes centre near 355°, a classic holiday red at about 62% saturation, corrected so it can sit beside green without optical buzz. Lightness spans roughly 18% to 84%, covering deep pine, mid berry red and pale snow or parchment grounds.

Complementary red-green structure remains, yet values and chroma are staggered: one hue leads, the other supports, and a neutral buffer keeps ribbons and backgrounds from clashing.

Choose either deep green or crimson as the dominant field, place the complement on ornaments and CTAs, and always insert a cream or charcoal neutral between large red and green areas. Equal blocks of both hues are what create the vibration.

Need something more specific? Generate a custom scheme with the AI color palette generator or extract one from a photo with the color palette from image tool.

Christmas color palette FAQ

How do you stop Christmas red and green from vibrating?

Lower one hue’s saturation, shift their lightness apart, and separate them with a neutral. Sets built around pearl (#dfeebf), lilac (#aaa2ee), flax (#e6d677) already stagger value so the complements can share a layout.

What hex codes suit a traditional Christmas palette?

Reliable codes include #dfeebf, #aaa2ee, #e6d677, #de4a52, #31b7aa, #792328, #14615f, #3f1013, centred near #d03541. Prefer holly and berry depths over neon candy-cane extremes for screens.

How should Christmas colours be laid out in a design?

Pick one seasonal hue for large surfaces, use the other for accents, and keep cream, parchment or deep pine as the buffer. That hierarchy reads festive without the flicker of equal red-green blocks.

Are these Christmas colour palettes free to use?

Yes. The 24 palettes here are free for personal and commercial work. Create more corrected red-green sets in the AI colour palette generator.