Gentle Alley color palette — #EDDFF9 · #BB7E8F · #BD2841 · #540048 · #180621

A conversation between Ruby and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Thistle (#EDDFF9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Dusty Rose (#BB7E8F): A luminous, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ruby (#BD2841): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Royal Purple (#540048): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#180621): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged pastel, light, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Alley 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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