Shadow Study color palette — #E5E9F8 · #896600 · #230052 · #291123 · #060018

Built around Deep Indigo, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#E5E9F8): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ochre (#896600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Indigo (#230052): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Deep Indigo (#291123): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#060018): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Depth, Luxury. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Study 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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