Shadow Study color palette — #EAE8FD · #6A0087 · #2A1619 · #210018 · #07000C

A conversation between Plum and Ink, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Frost (#EAE8FD): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Plum (#6A0087): A deep, shadowed, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Onyx (#2A1619): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#210018): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#07000C): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow Study 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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