Lately we have see a lot of sites adopting bold and brightish colors, other sites have been taking a minimal approach by subtly using black and white and, especially in recent months, we have seen an explosion of sites using flat colors. But there has been very virtually no mention of the rapid rise in popularity of pastel colors or, as I like to call them, washed-out colors.

Sites that do opt to use pastel or washed-out color schemes seem to have a calming and reassuring feel to them, and that is something that is truly unique on the web. They invite you to sit back, chill out and enjoy the experience. Here are 50 such sites for your inspiration:

Solasie

Undertheweather

Photodoto

Portably

Smart Phood

Kiliwatch

Hash

Pupa

Every Last Drop

Hard Graft

Kopla

Melonfree

Morehazards

Amazeelabs

Mariecatribs

Fruute

Izumi Massage

Webstock

Captain Creative

Aark

Pearman

Combadi

Concrete Matter

Built by Buffalo

Kinder Fotografie – Evi Hermans

Lotie

HeathWaller

Tokyo Milk

On Departure

Goin’ Nutty

Eynsford Music Festival

The Woman

The Goodetime Gals

Image Festival

Boo Bebe

Deuxhuithuit

Rencontres Entre Les Mondes

Future of Car Sharing

In Motion Massage

Blip

Chimp Chomp

War Child

Raise the Roof

Upon a Fold

Putzengel

Hull Digital

Forefathersgroup

The Lounge

Lucia Soto

Xixi