Washed Violet Workshop color palette — #DCEDFF · #898DBC · #9263AB · #784E17 · #252200

A conversation between Slate and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCEDFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate Blue (#898DBC): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Slate (#9263AB): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Coffee (#784E17): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#252200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed Violet Workshop 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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