Softworn Nightshade color palette — #EFE2D7 · #4B99C1 · #003BAF · #00302C · #150836

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE2D7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#4B99C1): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#003BAF): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Deep Forest (#00302C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Indigo (#150836): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Nightshade 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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