Tempered Ash color palette — #F1F9E4 · #B8E4FF · #85A4D0 · #8D666C · #2F443E

A conversation between Blue Fog and Powder Blue, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#F1F9E4): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Powder Blue (#B8E4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Blue Fog (#85A4D0): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Pewter (#8D666C): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Charcoal (#2F443E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Ash 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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• Muted Fern Pier color palette (#FAF5E7, #7DB5A3, #577B9D, #615C00, #3C4D3E)
• Worn Summit color palette (#F4F7EB, #B9E3F0, #A4B590, #7E8A79, #3E4D00)
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