Dusty Alley color palette — #F5E2FF · #E6A1D7 · #D17794 · #9A4F4C · #644027

A conversation between Dusty Rose and Carnation, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Blush (#F5E2FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Carnation (#E6A1D7): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Dusty Rose (#D17794): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Burnt Sienna (#9A4F4C): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cocoa (#644027): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty 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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