Softworn Iris color palette — #DDECFF · #8387BC · #6A4B78 · #543300 · #2E2E00
A conversation between Slate Blue and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Frost (#DDECFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate Blue (#8387BC): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Charcoal Brown (#6A4B78): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Cocoa (#543300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Espresso (#2E2E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Iris 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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- Wandering Summit color palette (#EBEDFD, #AC9CD3, #9678A2, #844D4C, #451100)
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- Softworn Ash Orchard color palette (#F2F5FF, #C8C4D8, #A18DA8, #60786F, #3E504F)
- Ancient Driftwood Lantern color palette (#E6E3F1, #BB7C91, #8B5141, #1A4F4C, #173447)
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