Dusty Courtyard color palette — #E1DDFA · #C178EB · #C517A3 · #8D003A · #501510

A conversation between Orchid and Wisteria, giving this palette its sense of creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Thistle (#E1DDFA): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Wisteria (#C178EB): A luminous, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Orchid (#C517A3): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Wine (#8D003A): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#501510): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Energy. Tagged vibrant, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty Courtyard 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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