Faded Archive color palette — #F7D8DD · #B660B5 · #A73541 · #5E3900 · #1C0958

A conversation between Orchid and Garnet, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7D8DD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Orchid (#B660B5): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Garnet (#A73541): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Bronze (#5E3900): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Deep Indigo (#1C0958): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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