Softworn Cerulean color palette — #FCEBE4 · #408D99 · #00425B · #00231B · #00091A

Cerulean and Navy set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FCEBE4): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cerulean (#408D99): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Navy (#00425B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#00231B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#00091A): 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 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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• Aged Boulevard color palette (#F4EDE8, #94BCAA, #366AA5, #004F50, #222857)
• Lowlit Navy color palette (#CFE5F0, #005C92, #06008F, #13004D, #0B001C)
• Midnight Orchard color palette (#E9EAF9, #6958B5, #33007D, #080027, #060002)
• Midnight Chestnut color palette (#F6EBE1, #70541C, #442200, #260300, #040300)
• Shadow Thicket color palette (#F8DBEF, #3C3EAD, #513A00, #160066, #0A0500)

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