Tempered Cerulean color palette — #CDE3E1 · #178CB6 · #004160 · #002129 · #000A17

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

The five colors

• Silver (#CDE3E1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#178CB6): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#004160): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Midnight (#002129): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#000A17): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, 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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