Powdered Nightshade color palette — #ECDECF · #4496D5 · #3036A7 · #003031 · #1D0236

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECDECF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#4496D5): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Indigo (#3036A7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Deep Forest (#003031): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Deep Indigo (#1D0236): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Powdered 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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