Wandering Onyx color palette — #E9ECFF · #6E61A1 · #532F64 · #490110 · #1B0200
A conversation between Espresso and Slate, giving this palette its sense of creativity and balance.
The five colors
- Frost (#E9ECFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Slate (#6E61A1): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Royal Purple (#532F64): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Espresso (#490110): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Ink (#1B0200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Wandering 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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