Faded Archive color palette — #E1EDD8 · #1ED2C2 · #009DAB · #005535 · #000201
Aqua and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#E1EDD8): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Aqua (#1ED2C2): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cerulean (#009DAB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Olive (#005535): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged pastel, 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.
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