Soft Onyx color palette — #F2E8D5 · #516F00 · #004934 · #280054 · #000500
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F2E8D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Olive (#516F00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Forest (#004934): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Deep Indigo (#280054): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ink (#000500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Soft 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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- Nocturne Drift color palette (#EFDAD4, #5C4700, #002C1D, #200013, #030400)
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- Antique Aubergine color palette (#FAE5F8, #8D7A00, #006956, #670056, #020400)
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