Shadow Study color palette — #DAEDFF · #003A5F · #3F2200 · #001710 · #000205
A conversation between Navy and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DAEDFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Navy (#003A5F): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Espresso (#3F2200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Ink (#001710): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Black (#000205): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow Study 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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