Faded Canyon color palette — #FFE5DC · #5D71CE · #662FBE · #700030 · #030017

Plum and Cornflower Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5DC): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cornflower Indigo (#5D71CE): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Plum (#662FBE): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Mulberry (#700030): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#030017): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Canyon 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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