Antique Onyx color palette — #E9DBF9 · #8A535C · #4F3400 · #181847 · #090134
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Thistle (#E9DBF9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Pewter (#8A535C): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Espresso (#4F3400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Indigo (#181847): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Deep Indigo (#090134): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Antique Onyx 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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