Softworn Cerulean color palette — #EFE8DC · #1F8FA4 · #004359 · #002220 · #000A16

A conversation between Cerulean and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE8DC): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#1F8FA4): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Deep Teal (#004359): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#002220): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000A16): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Cerulean into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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