Ancient Onyx color palette — #E4E1EB · #928A96 · #766573 · #480049 · #020006
A conversation between Royal Purple and Black, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#E4E1EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Heather (#928A96): soft and architectural.
- Graphite (#766573): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Royal Purple (#480049): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Black (#020006): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Onyx 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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