Textile Color Swatch

Asian textile direction

Wabi-Sabi Neutrals textile color palette

Wabi-Sabi Neutrals focuses on ash, clay, bone, charcoal, moss-grey, and raw linen. It is a quiet neutral system for slub textures, washed surfaces, interiors, and apparel where irregularity, hand, and fabric grain are more important than polish.

ashclaylinenimperfect
Natural ColorRegional Textiles

Textile Direction

How to use Wabi-Sabi Neutrals

Best For

  • washed linen
  • interior textiles
  • quiet basics
  • ceramic-inspired packaging

Materials

  • slub linen
  • washed cotton
  • raw canvas
  • boucle

Color Roles

  • Use charcoal and ash for structure, copy, and grounding panels.
  • Use clay and linen mid tones as the main material range.
  • Use bone as the cleanest ground for tags, packaging, and digital layout.

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: #2B2B28;
--palette-2: #5E5A50;
--palette-3: #85786B;
--palette-4: #B79C80;
--palette-5: #D8C9B2;
--palette-6: #F1E9DA;

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: #2B2B28;
  --color-palette-2: #5E5A50;
  --color-palette-3: #85786B;
  --color-palette-4: #B79C80;
  --color-palette-5: #D8C9B2;
  --color-palette-6: #F1E9DA;
}