Faded Archive color palette — #F8EFF3 · #B3ACD9 · #AE5A36 · #6A4BBA · #1A0902
A conversation between Iris and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Ivory (#F8EFF3): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mauve (#B3ACD9): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Ochre (#AE5A36): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Iris (#6A4BBA): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#1A0902): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged duotone.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded Archive 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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