Smoked Nightshade color palette — #D9E0F2 · #4640B0 · #451F00 · #1E232A · #000B03

A conversation between Indigo and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#D9E0F2): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Indigo (#4640B0): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#451F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#1E232A): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#000B03): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Smoked 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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