Faded Onyx color palette — #FBE8C9 · #00898D · #005278 · #540922 · #001307

Espresso and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FBE8C9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#00898D): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Peacock (#005278): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#540922): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#001307): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Onyx 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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