Dusty Archive color palette — #FCDFEA · #D57900 · #009298 · #5B5BA4 · #1F0D25

A conversation between Mustard and Slate, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCDFEA): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Mustard (#D57900): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#009298): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Slate (#5B5BA4): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#1F0D25): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty 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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