How I Created a Template for Astro: Color Palettes

DEMO Discover Beautiful Color Palettes

git clone https://github.com/temaprint/colorpalette

A modern, feature-rich color palette application built with Astro and React. Browse, explore, and discover beautiful color combinations for your next project.

Introduction

Color is an essential part of design, and I wanted to create a modern, feature-rich color palette application that makes exploring and discovering colors easy and efficient. This led to the development of Color Palettes, a template built with Astro, designed for designers, developers, and creatives to find beautiful color combinations effortlessly.

Why Astro?

Astro was the perfect choice for this project due to its speed and flexibility. Here’s why:

• 🚀 Optimized Performance – Astro ships minimal JavaScript by default, ensuring a fast and smooth user experience.
• 📝 Markdown-based Content – Makes managing color definitions and articles simple.
• 🎨 Seamless Component Integration – Supports React components while maintaining a lightweight structure.

Key Features of Color Palettes

🔹 Curated Color Collection – Handpicked colors with detailed information and usage examples.

🔹 Smart Filtering – Easily filter colors by tags and categories.

🔹 In-depth Color Articles – Explore color theory, design trends, and best practices.

🔹 Color Combinations – Suggested pairings to help you create harmonious palettes.

🔹 Responsive Design – Works beautifully on all devices.

🔹 Fast Performance – Built with Astro for lightning-fast load times.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Astro with React
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• Icons: Lucide React
• Content Management: Markdown-based structure
• Typography: Tailwind Typography

Project Structure

src/
├── components/     # Reusable React components
├── content/        # Markdown content for colors and articles
│   ├── articles/   # Color-related articles
│   └── colors/     # Individual color definitions
├── layouts/        # Page layouts
├── lib/           # Utility functions and data handling
├── pages/         # Route pages
└── styles/        # Global styles and Tailwind config

Color Features

Each color entry in the system includes:

🎨 Hex code and RGB values – Essential details for design and development.

🌈 Usage examples and combinations – Practical applications and harmonious pairings.

📌 Related color suggestions – Discover complementary and analogous colors.

🏷️ Tagged categories – Easy filtering and organization.

👀 Visual preview with different opacities – See how colors adapt in different settings.

✍️ Example text applications – Understand readability and contrast in real-world use cases.

Conclusion

Color Palettes is more than just a template—it’s a powerful tool for designers and developers who want an intuitive and visually appealing way to explore colors. With Astro at its core, it delivers both speed and flexibility, making it an excellent choice for any modern web project.

🚀 Stay tuned for updates, and let me know what features you’d love to see next!