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Haute Couture

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Fashion houses at the highest level use almost no color in their core system: ivory, cream, warm bone, and a single dark anchor. This collection captures the palette of runway presentation: editorial restraint, maximum quality signal, zero unnecessary saturation.

Haute Couture is the palette of restraint at its most intentional. Fashion at this level communicates through what it does not do: no saturated accent, no decorative color, no visual noise. The dark merlot-ink anchor provides depth without introducing hue competition. This palette works for luxury fashion, high-end beauty, jewelry, and any brand that competes on quality of craft rather than breadth of color expression.

FashionLuxuryNeutral
Why this set works

The restrained neutrals of fashion week runways — ivory, bone, nude, and the considered use of a single dark ground.

Luxury fashion and beauty
High-end jewelry and accessories
Editorial fashion photography
Prompt words
luxury fashion brand in runway neutral ivory and warm bone palettehigh-end jewelry brand in restrained cream and warm grayeditorial fashion photography palette in nude, bone, and dark ink
Export ready
1. Apricot Whisper Faint #F1F0EE
2. Apricot Pearl Muted #DED9CF
3. Honey Mist Faint #E7E8E3
4. Warm Gray Pearl #D9D6D4
5. Warm Gray Dusk #5C5751
6. Merlot Ink Muted #2A1D1F
:root {
  --haute-couture-1: #F1F0EE;
  --haute-couture-2: #DED9CF;
  --haute-couture-3: #E7E8E3;
  --haute-couture-4: #D9D6D4;
  --haute-couture-5: #5C5751;
  --haute-couture-6: #2A1D1F;
}
Dark mode pairs
#F1F0EE
#1C1A17
#DED9CF
#211E18
#E7E8E3
#1B1C17
#D9D6D4
#1D1C1B
#5C5751
#9C9791
#2A1D1F
#E9E2E3
WCAG contrast audit

WCAG contrast ratios for all palette color pairs against white and black text.

#F1F0EE
1.1:1 Fail
18.4:1 AAA
#DED9CF
1.4:1 Fail
14.9:1 AAA
#E7E8E3
1.2:1 Fail
17:1 AAA
#D9D6D4
1.4:1 Fail
14.5:1 AAA
#5C5751
7.1:1 AAA
2.9:1 Fail
#2A1D1F
16.2:1 AAA
1.3:1 Fail

Color-on-color pairs:

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1.2:1 Fail
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1.1:1 Fail
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1.3:1 Fail
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6.3:1 AA
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14.2:1 AAA
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1.1:1 Fail
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1:1 Fail
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5.1:1 AA
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11.5:1 AAA
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1.2:1 Fail
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5.8:1 AA
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13.2:1 AAA
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4.9:1 AA
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11.2:1 AAA
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2.3:1 Fail

Palette

Each swatch links back to its individual archive detail page.

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1
Apricot Whisper Faint
#F1F0EE
Orange · hsl(40, 10%, 94%)
2
Apricot Pearl Muted
#DED9CF
Orange · hsl(40, 18%, 84%)
3
Honey Mist Faint
#E7E8E3
Lime · hsl(70, 10%, 90%)
4
Warm Gray Pearl
#D9D6D4
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 84%)
5
Warm Gray Dusk
#5C5751
Orange · hsl(30, 6%, 34%)
6
Merlot Ink Muted
#2A1D1F
Red · hsl(350, 18%, 14%)

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