Softworn Ash color palette — #F4F4FB · #DDD8DD · #BAB4AB · #B8A3D6 · #4C4C56

A conversation between Mauve and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F4F4FB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Silver (#DDD8DD): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Stone (#BAB4AB): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Mauve (#B8A3D6): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Charcoal Brown (#4C4C56): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Ash 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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