Softworn Lilac color palette — #E6DDF5 · #B186BC · #855A78 · #5F3C54 · #482A29

Dusty Rose and Graphite set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Thistle (#E6DDF5): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Dusty Rose (#B186BC): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Graphite (#855A78): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Cocoa (#5F3C54): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Espresso (#482A29): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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