Tempered Onyx color palette — #F2DAE2 · #845A69 · #4B3801 · #280457 · #280010
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Ink, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#F2DAE2): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
- Graphite (#845A69): A full-bodied, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
- Deep Olive (#4B3801): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Indigo (#280457): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ink (#280010): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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