Softworn Study color palette — #D8E5E9 · #BABFCD · #A4A3BC · #009299 · #0A232A
Built around Cerulean, softened by Mauve — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D8E5E9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Ash (#BABFCD): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Mauve (#A4A3BC): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Cerulean (#009299): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Midnight (#0A232A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn 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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