---
category: Display
created: '2021-05-08'
description: Create a color swatch with CSS flexbox
keywords: css color swatch, css flexbox
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/color-swatch.png
title: Color swatch
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="swatch">
    <div class="swatch__item" style="background-color: ..."></div>

    <!-- Repeat other items -->
    ...
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.swatch {
    /* Wrap the items */
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.swatch__item {
    /* Rounded border */
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: 1.5rem;
    width: 1.5rem;

    /* Space between items */
    margin: 0.5rem;
}
```

<Playground>
```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}
.swatch {
    /* Wrap the items */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.swatch__item {
    /* Rounded border */
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: 1.5rem;
    width: 1.5rem;

    /* Space between items */
    margin: 0.5rem;
}
.swatch__item--1st {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.swatch__item--2nd {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
.swatch__item--3rd {
    background-color: #d1d5db;
}
.swatch__item--4th {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}
.swatch__item--5th {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.swatch__item--6th {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="swatch">
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--1st"></div>
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--2nd"></div>
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--3rd"></div>
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--4th"></div>
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--5th"></div>
    <div class="swatch__item swatch__item--6th"></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>