Faded Ultramarine color palette — #EFE4C9 · #008FA9 · #3F47B7 · #473500 · #001828

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE4C9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#008FA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cobalt (#3F47B7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Espresso (#473500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#001828): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Ultramarine 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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