Faded Archive color palette — #F3E6DC · #72AAC8 · #225ECB · #004B44 · #17003F

A conversation between Cobalt and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3E6DC): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Blue Fog (#72AAC8): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cobalt (#225ECB): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Forest (#004B44): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Deep Indigo (#17003F): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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.

Similar palettes

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• Ultramarine Drift color palette (#F8E9F0, #65C3EF, #2863BE, #003F38, #030011)
• Cobalt Veranda color palette (#F1EADE, #70BAE1, #0087DF, #006B77, #000C3F)
• Worn Market color palette (#E1EDE3, #4799C2, #004C81, #002F35, #000943)
• Softworn Cobalt color palette (#F6ECE7, #A2D0BC, #5B87C9, #006D62, #2C2652)
• Weathered Cornflower Lagoon color palette (#FEF3E9, #99D2FF, #657EFF, #007273, #3F1A69)
• Ancient Azure Market color palette (#FFF2EB, #BFE6CE, #32A2F5, #008667, #313A72)
• Soft Plum color palette (#F0D8DB, #BC0052, #006A5D, #004D59, #170005)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.