Tempered Ash color palette — #DEE9FF · #9EA7CF · #79789D · #624963 · #533138
Built around Mauve, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#DEE9FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Mauve (#9EA7CF): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate (#79789D): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Charcoal Brown (#624963): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Charcoal (#533138): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Ash 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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