和色 design theme

紺色kon-iro

Deep indigo on dark, warm washi-paper on light — a small palette and type system drawn from the traditional Japanese colors of 和紙 (handmade paper) and 和菓子 (seasonal sweets). Toggle the theme, and click any swatch to copy its hex.

Semantic tokens · 紺 kon

The variables apps actually consume — they resolve to different 和色 per theme.

和色 palette

The raw cultural layer — 17 traditional colors, each kept with its kanji & romaji.

Semantic preview

Body text in 練色 on a raised panel. Here is a link, an accent in 山吹色, a success in 萌黄, and a warm 退紅 note — all from the semantic tokens above.

Type

明朝 — Shippori Mincho · display + Japanese

紺色 — 日本の伝統色

ゴシック — Zen Kaku Gothic New · UI text

The quick brown fox 素早い茶色の狐

JetBrains Mono · labels, meta, readings

--kon-accent: #f8b500;