Softworn Lapis color palette — #DFFAE5 · #A06E00 · #483CC1 · #312E7B · #17061D

Built around Iris, softened by Royal Purple — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DFFAE5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ochre (#A06E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Iris (#483CC1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Royal Purple (#312E7B): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#17061D): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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