Tempered Nightshade color palette — #EFE0C0 · #0083A2 · #0030A9 · #3A0400 · #000103

A conversation between Indigo and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE0C0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cerulean (#0083A2): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#0030A9): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Onyx (#3A0400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Nightshade 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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