Worn Cerulean color palette — #DEF8F6 · #78B7C3 · #48809D · #5B4872 · #172F3B

A conversation between Slate and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#DEF8F6): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cyan (#78B7C3): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate (#48809D): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#5B4872): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Deep Forest (#172F3B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Worn Cerulean 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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• Chestnut Bloom color palette (#FEF3E9, #77B6A7, #437FA0, #804A12, #394E3B)
• Weathered Cerulean color palette (#E3F0F7, #0091AF, #2C3E4A, #122028, #070E10)
• Hushed Glacier Field color palette (#FFF0F9, #9AEFE5, #7CA7CA, #966552, #27444F)
• Aubergine Atelier color palette (#C6FEFF, #009DD8, #2660AC, #650F65, #001E33)
• Frosted Alley color palette (#F7E0FB, #518CD5, #4E5591, #5A2141, #081634)

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