Onyx Study color palette — #E8D9F6 · #7A4954 · #493300 · #0B093F · #010015
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Thistle (#E8D9F6): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Coffee (#7A4954): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Espresso (#493300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Indigo (#0B093F): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#010015): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, dark.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Onyx 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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