Softworn Cerulean color palette — #ECF4EE · #C3E0F9 · #6890C3 · #16697A · #1E2C45

Built around Slate Blue, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#ECF4EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Powder Blue (#C3E0F9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#6890C3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#16697A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Midnight (#1E2C45): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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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