Muted Alley color palette — #DADBF7 · #CF9C00 · #693D8D · #311F41 · #0A0917

Mustard and Plum set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Thistle (#DADBF7): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Mustard (#CF9C00): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Plum (#693D8D): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Deep Indigo (#311F41): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#0A0917): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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