Tempered Quarry color palette — #EFE1CB · #007DA4 · #273AA8 · #4F1400 · #000C19
A conversation between Indigo and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE1CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Cerulean (#007DA4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Indigo (#273AA8): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Espresso (#4F1400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Ink (#000C19): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Quarry 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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