Tempered Cerulean color palette — #E3E5D5 · #268696 · #004352 · #001F20 · #000103
A conversation between Cerulean and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E3E5D5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Cerulean (#268696): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Teal (#004352): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#001F20): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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