Softworn Nightshade Study color palette — #FFEBCC · #0097C7 · #3246B1 · #4E1500 · #00040B

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

The five colors

• Custard (#FFEBCC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#0097C7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#3246B1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#4E1500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#00040B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Nightshade Study 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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