Gentle Archive color palette — #F9D5CA · #5274C0 · #4A3C91 · #610032 · #1A2044

Indigo and Mulberry set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and balance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D5CA): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Sapphire (#5274C0): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Indigo (#4A3C91): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Mulberry (#610032): A deep, shadowed, balanced rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Midnight (#1A2044): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Archive 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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