Tempered Ash color palette — #D5DFFF · #C299CA · #956269 · #004F47 · #001621

A conversation between Mauve and Forest, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Powder Blue (#D5DFFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Mauve (#C299CA): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Pewter (#956269): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Forest (#004F47): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#001621): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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