Softworn Archive color palette — #EBE4D5 · #6E834B · #004921 · #270541 · #010100
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EBE4D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Olive Leaf (#6E834B): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Forest (#004921): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Deep Indigo (#270541): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Archive 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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