Antique Lilac color palette — #DCE1F9 · #A597D3 · #9D7DAE · #8C5359 · #40180D

Built around Mauve, softened by Heather — the whole palette hums with creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCE1F9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Mauve (#A597D3): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Heather (#9D7DAE): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Pewter (#8C5359): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#40180D): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Antique Lilac 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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