Gentle Archive color palette — #FAF5E5 · #B1B15E · #4780B6 · #7C3482 · #2B1404

A conversation between Plum and Sage, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#FAF5E5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Sage (#B1B15E): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Cerulean (#4780B6): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Plum (#7C3482): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#2B1404): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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