Faded Archive color palette — #FFE8EA · #F89B8F · #AD8400 · #493781 · #44161C
A conversation between Mustard and Indigo, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#FFE8EA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Melon (#F89B8F): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Mustard (#AD8400): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Indigo (#493781): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Espresso (#44161C): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged pastel, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded Archive into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.
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