Pastel · Year progress · 4 × 2 widget

Pastel year progress widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A pastel year progress widget shows how much of the year has passed as a percentage and a bar. Gentle tints, rounded shapes and a calm, friendly tone. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Pastel year progress widget design preview: Gentle tints, rounded shapes and a calm, friendly tone. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a pastel year progress widget shows

A year-progress widget is a gentle nudge: one bar that fills from 1 January to 31 December. The same layout works for the day, the week or a personal goal.

It is calculated from the date, so it is free, offline and needs no permission. WidgetCraft includes a free Day progress component, and a formula can stretch it to the year.

How the pastel style shapes it

Pastel widgets use pale pink, mint, lilac and butter yellow with very round corners and soft type. They feel light and friendly and work well for moods, music and small daily notes.

Bars and rings: Use thick bars and rings with fully rounded ends in a second pastel tint.
Numbers: Keep numbers bold and rounded and tint them slightly darker than the background.

Pastel year progress widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #FCE8E6, corner radius 30, soft shadow radius 12 at low opacity
Text	year label, size 12, color #9A8790
Text (formula)	percentage of the year, Nunito, size 68, color #4A3F45
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 312 wide, progress #F49AB0, range 0 to 365
Text	"Day 315 of 365", size 13, color #9A8790
Font	Nunito (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Pastel color palette

Blush #FCE8E6Background
Rose milk #F7D6D9Surface and tracks
Cocoa #4A3F45Text
Mauve grey #9A8790Labels
Candy pink #F49AB0Accent

How to make a pastel year progress widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FCE8E6 and the corner radius to 30.
Tap Add and choose Progress. Make it 312 wide, styled as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends.
Open Data and connect it to the day of the year with a range of 0 to 365.
Color the progress #F49AB0 and keep the track faint.
Add a Text layer for the percentage at size 68 in #4A3F45, and a smaller one for the day count at size 13 in #9A8790.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for pastel year progress widgets

Use corner radius of 28 or more.
Choose text in dark brown or plum, not pure black.
Show both the percentage and the day count so the bar has context.
Use a segmented bar if you want each step to feel like a milestone.
For a goal of your own, connect the bar to a counter instead of the date.
Do not use more than three tints in one widget.
Do not use thin hairlines; they look harsh here.

Ready-made Soft Pastel templates

WidgetCraft includes a Soft Pastel template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

A mood moment9 editable layers

A thought to keep12 editable layers

Little listening room18 editable layers

Questions about the pastel year progress widget

What size is a pastel year progress widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Blush (#FCE8E6) for the background, Cocoa (#4A3F45) for the main text, Mauve grey (#9A8790) for labels and Candy pink (#F49AB0) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Year progress widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the pastel styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for soft pastel year progress widget, soft year progress widget, pastel aesthetic year progress widget. They describe the same look as this pastel year progress widget.