Textile Color Swatch

Asian textile direction

South Asian Dye Garden textile color palette

South Asian Dye Garden brings madder red, turmeric yellow, marigold, rose-brown, and indigo into a strong textile story for cotton, silk, and block-print directions. The palette has enough warmth for celebration and enough depth for borders, repeats, and grounding trims.

madderturmericmarigoldsaturated
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Textile Direction

How to use South Asian Dye Garden

Best For

  • block prints
  • cotton dresses
  • silk scarves
  • embroidered accessories

Materials

  • handloom cotton
  • silk twill
  • cotton voile
  • quilted cotton

Color Roles

  • Use indigo and rose-brown to control the warmth and frame printed repeats.
  • Use madder and turmeric tones for the main color movement.
  • Use marigold as a highlight for borders, motifs, and seasonal accents.

Color Specs

Palette values and contrast notes

Use these values as digital starting points, then approve final textile standards on the real fabric or substrate.

6 colors
SwatchRoleHEXRGBHSLApprox CMYKText Contrast
Anchor
Depth
Mid tone
Bridge
Ground
Highlight

Developer Handoff

CSS variables

Copy the palette as CSS custom properties.

--palette-1: #2A2440;
--palette-2: #643A3A;
--palette-3: #A13E35;
--palette-4: #D56A3D;
--palette-5: #E6A23A;
--palette-6: #F2D36B;

Tailwind v4 theme

Use these tokens as palette utilities like bg-palette-1 and text-palette-1.

Copy the palette as Tailwind v4 theme color tokens.

@theme {
  --color-palette-1: #2A2440;
  --color-palette-2: #643A3A;
  --color-palette-3: #A13E35;
  --color-palette-4: #D56A3D;
  --color-palette-5: #E6A23A;
  --color-palette-6: #F2D36B;
}