Gentle Onyx color palette — #DDFCE4 · #997400 · #00566D · #3D0049 · #050003
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DDFCE4): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ochre (#997400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Peacock (#00566D): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Indigo (#3D0049): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Black (#050003): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle Onyx 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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