Softworn Cerulean color palette — #F3ECE2 · #0086A3 · #00415D · #001F1F · #000104

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F3ECE2): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#0086A3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#00415D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#001F1F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Black (#000104): 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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