Softworn Cerulean color palette — #FCF2F5 · #D9DCF9 · #92A2D8 · #00899E · #404564
A conversation between Cerulean and Mauve, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FCF2F5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Thistle (#D9DCF9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Mauve (#92A2D8): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Cerulean (#00899E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Charcoal (#404564): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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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