Softworn Courtyard color palette — #E8EDFF · #CA8FBD · #9D6650 · #004748 · #001A1A

Built around Mauve, softened by Walnut — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#E8EDFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Mauve (#CA8FBD): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Walnut (#9D6650): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Forest (#004748): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#001A1A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Courtyard 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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