Softworn Cerulean color palette — #F9F4EE · #C9DBE7 · #DFC0DD · #619CAF · #5E4456

Built around Slate Blue, softened by Lilac Frost — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F9F4EE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Silver (#C9DBE7): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Lilac Frost (#DFC0DD): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Slate Blue (#619CAF): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#5E4456): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. 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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