Softworn Emerald color palette — #ECE4D4 · #009A28 · #005F57 · #4C0064 · #00170B
A conversation between Kelly Green and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#ECE4D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Kelly Green (#009A28): A full-bodied, vivid green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Pine (#005F57): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Royal Purple (#4C0064): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Ink (#00170B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Emerald 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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