Pale Archive color palette — #E7DFB3 · #A052AC · #872700 · #00394C · #3A1528

Built around Orchid, softened by Rust — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#E7DFB3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Orchid (#A052AC): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Rust (#872700): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Teal (#00394C): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Onyx (#3A1528): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.