Tempered Archive color palette — #DCE5DB · #517CA5 · #1C2499 · #001E24 · #020009
Built around Indigo, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DCE5DB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Slate (#517CA5): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Indigo (#1C2499): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ink (#001E24): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Black (#020009): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Archive 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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