Softworn Alley color palette — #D5E5F8 · #1361AD · #731A00 · #242500 · #000404

Built around Cobalt, softened by Rust — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#D5E5F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cobalt (#1361AD): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Rust (#731A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#242500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#000404): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Alley 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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