Tempered Lapis color palette — #FFEAD6 · #A36000 · #504AC2 · #2E277F · #020100
A conversation between Iris and Indigo, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFEAD6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Ochre (#A36000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Iris (#504AC2): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Indigo (#2E277F): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Lapis 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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