Ancient Iris color palette — #DEE4F6 · #8280E9 · #4A4A66 · #272D3F · #141920
A conversation between Lavender Blue and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#DEE4F6): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Lavender Blue (#8280E9): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Charcoal Brown (#4A4A66): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Onyx (#272D3F): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#141920): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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- Faded Amber Coast color palette (#F5F3FF, #C68DCB, #C18F00, #0098A3, #39344C)
- Linen Peony color palette (#EFE9F9, #D638B7, #6E2B41, #2A2138, #110F1D)
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