Softworn Nightshade color palette — #ECE3D5 · #578FC0 · #003CAC · #002A35 · #02001C

Indigo and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE3D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#578FC0): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Indigo (#003CAC): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Midnight (#002A35): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#02001C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Nightshade 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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