Softworn Alley color palette — #E6E8DA · #72BFCF · #00829E · #00595C · #002331

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#E6E8DA): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cyan (#72BFCF): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#00829E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#00595C): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Midnight (#002331): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Alley 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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