Faded Nightshade color palette — #F8E2D1 · #00717B · #0027A3 · #321700 · #000407

A conversation between Indigo and Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F8E2D1): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Teal (#00717B): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#0027A3): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Onyx (#321700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#000407): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Nightshade 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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