The gap between design and development is where color accuracy goes to die. A designer carefully selects colors in Figma. A developer eyeballs the color picker or types hex values from memory. Small errors accumulate.
The Drift Problem
Color drift happens through: manual transcription errors, eyedropper inaccuracy, version divergence, and independent decisions where a developer picks "close enough."
PaletteRx as Single Source of Truth
Make PaletteRx the authoritative source. Build and validate the palette in PaletteRx. Export CSS Variables for development. Export JSON for documentation. Any color question is answered by checking PaletteRx.
Figma Integration
In Figma, create Color Styles using exact hex values from PaletteRx. Name each style to match the PaletteRx role. Designers always use library styles, never manual hex entry.
Code Integration
Export CSS Variables from PaletteRx. Add them to the global stylesheet. Enforce variable usage through linting. Developers reference var(--color-primary), never raw hex values.