Faded Archive color palette — #FDF3ED · #C0E7F6 · #53B7FF · #00897E · #1D3262

Cornflower and Fern set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FDF3ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Frost (#C0E7F6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cornflower (#53B7FF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Fern (#00897E): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Navy (#1D3262): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Archive 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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