Softworn Alley color palette — #CAECE2 · #A07F9C · #6260A5 · #5A3233 · #341814

Slate and Heather set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CAECE2): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Heather (#A07F9C): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Slate (#6260A5): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Cocoa (#5A3233): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Onyx (#341814): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Alley 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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