Softworn Ash color palette — #DCE4FD · #ACA5DD · #877198 · #734F45 · #532720
A conversation between Mauve and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#DCE4FD): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Mauve (#ACA5DD): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate (#877198): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Coffee (#734F45): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Espresso (#532720): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn 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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