Pale Onyx color palette — #EBDFCE · #925000 · #3A4200 · #20005C · #060300
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EBDFCE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#925000): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Olive (#3A4200): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Indigo (#20005C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Ink (#060300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Pale 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.
Similar palettes
- Washed Onyx Archive color palette (#FFE6D0, #766100, #004B23, #310047, #030400)
- Smoked Chestnut color palette (#D6E5D6, #925000, #2E3600, #0D0031, #020100)
- Midnight Onyx color palette (#F4E5D2, #774F00, #00404B, #0F0059, #050005)
- Ancient Workshop color palette (#FBE9CA, #B8161E, #4F3900, #001D47, #090200)
- Aged Basalt color palette (#F6E0CF, #797640, #355B3A, #3F214F, #1D0424)
- Cocoa Basin color palette (#D5ECDE, #5A4800, #232700, #00110F, #010300)
- Patina Pine color palette (#EBE7D5, #4E844A, #00523D, #481922, #000900)
- Frosted Aubergine Delta color palette (#F4DEC9, #898500, #00694B, #590B64, #0E1A00)
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