40 color schemes

Modern Wedding Colors

Modern wedding colors: one bright color on black and white, gray or a dark color, or terracotta beside a pastel.

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Black, yellow and whitePure yellow against black, with white. #000000 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Navy blue, lime and whiteYellow-green against dark blue. #000080 · #BFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Hunter green, hot pink and whiteHot pink beside a dark green. #355E3B · #FF69B4 · #FFFFFF
Terra cotta, lilac and whiteA clay orange-red with a soft pale purple. #E2725B · #C8A2C8 · #FFFFFF
Midnight blue, tangerine and whiteOrange against night blue, far apart in hue. #191970 · #F28500 · #FFFFFF
Plum, citrine and whiteReddish purple with deep yellow. #8E4585 · #E4D00A · #FFFFFF
Burgundy, turquoise and whiteDark red against blue-green turquoise. #800020 · #40E0D0 · #FFFFFF
Slate gray, citrine and whiteBlue-gray with a deep, strong yellow. #708090 · #E4D00A · #FFFFFF

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Black, white and one bright 8

Black, aqua and white A bright cyan, cold beside black and white. #000000 · #00FFFF · #FFFFFF
Black, dark violet and white A vivid violet; black and white keep it sharp. #000000 · #9400D3 · #FFFFFF
Black, fuchsia and white Vivid magenta-pink as the one color. #000000 · #FF00FF · #FFFFFF
Black, kelly green and white A strong leaf green as the only color. #000000 · #4CBB17 · #FFFFFF
Black, lime and white A fully saturated yellow-green on black and white. #000000 · #BFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Black, tangerine and white One strong orange between black and white. #000000 · #F28500 · #FFFFFF
Black, turquoise and white A blue-green turquoise as the one color. #000000 · #40E0D0 · #FFFFFF
Black, yellow and white Pure yellow against black, with white. #000000 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF

Gray with one bright 8

Charcoal, aqua and white Dark gray with a bright cyan. #36454F · #00FFFF · #FFFFFF
Charcoal, lime and light gray Yellow-green on two grays, a dark and a pale. #36454F · #BFFF00 · #D3D3D3
Charcoal, tangerine and white Dark gray with one strong orange. #36454F · #F28500 · #FFFFFF
Charcoal, yellow and white Pure yellow on dark gray. #36454F · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Gray, azure and white Mid gray with a bright, clear blue. #808080 · #007FFF · #FFFFFF
Gray, hot pink and white Plain mid gray with a hot pink. #808080 · #FF69B4 · #FFFFFF
Slate gray, citrine and white Blue-gray with a deep, strong yellow. #708090 · #E4D00A · #FFFFFF
Slate gray, turquoise and white Blue-gray and turquoise, both cool. #708090 · #40E0D0 · #FFFFFF

A dark color with one bright 8

Burgundy, turquoise and white Dark red against blue-green turquoise. #800020 · #40E0D0 · #FFFFFF
Byzantium, lime and white A dark purple against yellow-green. #702963 · #BFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Hunter green, hot pink and white Hot pink beside a dark green. #355E3B · #FF69B4 · #FFFFFF
Midnight blue, tangerine and white Orange against night blue, far apart in hue. #191970 · #F28500 · #FFFFFF
Navy blue, aqua and white Dark blue and bright cyan, far apart in lightness. #000080 · #00FFFF · #FFFFFF
Navy blue, lime and white Yellow-green against dark blue. #000080 · #BFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Plum, citrine and white Reddish purple with deep yellow. #8E4585 · #E4D00A · #FFFFFF
Prussian blue, coral and white A warm orange-pink on inky blue. #003153 · #FF7F50 · #FFFFFF

Terracotta or rust with a pastel 8

Rust, light blue and white Rust and pale blue, a deep warm and a light cool. #B7410E · #ADD8E6 · #FFFFFF
Rust, pale pink and ivory Rust beside a pink that is nearly white. #B7410E · #FADADD · #FFFFF0
Rust, thistle and cream Deep rust orange with a grayish pale purple. #B7410E · #D8BFD8 · #FFFDD0
Terra cotta, celadon and cream Clay red with a milky green. #E2725B · #ACE1AF · #FFFDD0
Terra cotta, lilac and white A clay orange-red with a soft pale purple. #E2725B · #C8A2C8 · #FFFFFF
Terra cotta, periwinkle and white Orange-red against pale periwinkle blue. #E2725B · #CCCCFF · #FFFFFF
Terra cotta, powder blue and ivory Warm terracotta cooled by pale blue. #E2725B · #B0E0E6 · #FFFFF0
Terra cotta, tea green and white Warm clay color and a very pale green. #E2725B · #D0F0C0 · #FFFFFF

Black with two brights 8

Black, coral and turquoise Warm coral and cool turquoise on black. #000000 · #FF7F50 · #40E0D0
Black, dark violet and lime Violet and yellow-green on black. #000000 · #9400D3 · #BFFF00
Black, fuchsia and turquoise Magenta and blue-green, both vivid, on black. #000000 · #FF00FF · #40E0D0
Black, hot pink and yellow Hot pink with pure yellow, and black to ground them. #000000 · #FF69B4 · #FFFF00
Black, kelly green and fuchsia Leaf green and magenta, with black. #000000 · #4CBB17 · #FF00FF
Black, lime and hot pink Yellow-green and hot pink, held by black. #000000 · #BFFF00 · #FF69B4
Black, tangerine and aqua Orange and cyan, far apart in hue, on black. #000000 · #F28500 · #00FFFF
Black, yellow and azure Pure yellow and bright blue with black. #000000 · #FFFF00 · #007FFF

How it works

Each of these modern wedding colors is a scheme of three colors with one strong contrast in it. Every scheme's line closes with its hex codes, ready to paste into an invitation template.

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What modern means here

Modern here is our own pick of schemes, not a rule. A bright color is judged by its hex code: yellow, lime, turquoise and hot pink are vivid enough to count, and navy and burgundy are too dark. No scheme here holds gold or silver.

Questions and answers

What are modern wedding colours?

Four to start with: Black, yellow and white; Slate gray, citrine and white; Navy blue, lime and white; Terra cotta, lilac and white. Each sets one bright or one clay color against a plain base.

What is a modern black and white wedding color scheme?

Black and white with one bright color: Black, turquoise and white; Black, fuchsia and white; Black, tangerine and white. With two brights in place of the white: Black, fuchsia and turquoise; Black, lime and hot pink.

What bright color goes with gray for a modern wedding?

Citrine, #E4D00A, with slate gray; yellow, tangerine, lime or aqua with charcoal; hot pink or azure with mid gray. Slate gray, citrine and white and Charcoal, tangerine and white are two to start with.

What are unexpected wedding color combinations?

A dark color with a bright far from it in hue: Midnight blue, tangerine and white; Plum, citrine and white; Byzantium, lime and white. Or a clay color beside a pastel: Rust, light blue and white.

Notes

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Results are random and meant for fun, practice and planning. Do not rely on them for a decision that matters.

How this list was compiled: Every scheme is our own grouping of three colors, sorted by what the contrast is built on. Modern is our word for the sorting. A bright color is tested on its code in the HSV model (Wikipedia, HSL and HSV, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV, read 14 October 2026): a saturation of 58 in 100 or more and a value of 70 or more. The first three groups hold exactly one bright color each, the group Black with two brights two, and no scheme holds gold, silver or another metal color. In the group Terracotta or rust with a pastel the second color has a saturation of 35 or less and a lightness of 70 in 100 or more. The lightness scale is the L* of the CIELAB color space, which puts black at 0 and white at 100 (Wikipedia, CIELAB color space, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIELAB_color_space, read 15 October 2026). Nothing here is a rule of etiquette, and no color is said to mean anything. Each color name and its hex code are taken as printed in Wikipedia's List of colors (A–F, G–M and N–Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_G%E2%80%93M, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N%E2%80%93Z), read 14 October 2026. Every name and code in this list was compared with those three pages, and no color named after a paint maker, a crayon maker, a school or a product is used. Names shortened in a scheme's name: Gray is the list's Gray (web) and Lime is the list's Lime (color wheel). The bands of each swatch and the hex codes run in the order the name gives them. Periwinkle has the same code as the list's Lavender blue. Far apart in hue, deep, vivid and pale compare the codes. Licence: own work