Ancient Iris color palette — #FFF2EE · #B9C9FF · #9488C0 · #86515E · #43273A
Built around Slate Blue, softened by Lilac Frost — the whole palette hums with creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Lilac Frost (#B9C9FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate Blue (#9488C0): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Graphite (#86515E): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Espresso (#43273A): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Iris 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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