Textile Color Swatch

Asian textile direction

Southeast Batik Earth textile color palette

Southeast Batik Earth is a print-led palette of wax brown, palm green, terracotta, teal, indigo, and cream. It is built for batik-inspired layouts, resort shirts, home textiles, and accessory programs where pattern carries the story more than a single solid color.

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Textile Direction

How to use Southeast Batik Earth

Best For

  • print stories
  • resort shirts
  • home textiles
  • canvas accessories

Materials

  • printed cotton
  • rayon challis
  • linen canvas
  • cotton poplin

Color Roles

  • Use dark brown and indigo for outlines, repeats, and visual structure.
  • Use terracotta and palm green for the main motif language.
  • Use cream as the wax-resist ground so pattern detail stays readable.

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: #2A211C;
--palette-2: #5A3F2E;
--palette-3: #9C5A3C;
--palette-4: #1F4E58;
--palette-5: #4E7455;
--palette-6: #EFE3C6;

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: #2A211C;
  --color-palette-2: #5A3F2E;
  --color-palette-3: #9C5A3C;
  --color-palette-4: #1F4E58;
  --color-palette-5: #4E7455;
  --color-palette-6: #EFE3C6;
}