Faded Archive color palette — #E2EDF4 · #0097B9 · #004B9E · #00495B · #020D1E
Indigo and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#E2EDF4): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#0097B9): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Indigo (#004B9E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Teal (#00495B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#020D1E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged duotone, cool.
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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- Aubergine Lagoon color palette (#D5E9EF, #00A1A5, #6F2BA4, #005153, #02010C)
- Timeworn Denim color palette (#E8F0F5, #BFCEDD, #8FA2BB, #005C82, #252F38)
- Quiet Summit color palette (#EED4F1, #2F75D3, #3F2BB8, #5F003C, #152241)
- Muted Denim color palette (#F0F6FC, #89B2E3, #6761B8, #1560AA, #1F2430)
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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.