Softworn Cerulean color palette — #DDE9DF · #0B8CBA · #003F69 · #002226 · #000623
A conversation between Cerulean and Navy, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DDE9DF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#0B8CBA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Navy (#003F69): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Midnight (#002226): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#000623): 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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