Tempered Archive color palette — #F8F5EF · #C3DFEF · #BDBEEF · #5A9DAC · #5A4656

A conversation between Storm Blue and Lavender, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F8F5EF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Powder Blue (#C3DFEF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Lavender (#BDBEEF): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Storm Blue (#5A9DAC): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Charcoal Brown (#5A4656): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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.

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