Moonless Alley color palette — #F9EECE · #A50031 · #432A00 · #001932 · #1B0300

A conversation between Garnet and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and depth.

The five colors

• Custard (#F9EECE): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Garnet (#A50031): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#432A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Midnight (#001932): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#1B0300): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Optimism, Depth, Luxury. Tagged retro, dark.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Moonless Alley 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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