Gentle Drift color palette — #EED8EA · #C90518 · #00686E · #510088 · #1E0001

A conversation between Ruby and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Thistle (#EED8EA): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ruby (#C90518): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#00686E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Royal Purple (#510088): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#1E0001): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Drift 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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