Tempered Lapis color palette — #E8E0C5 · #009BA7 · #5B35F7 · #564600 · #000D16
A conversation between Iris and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E8E0C5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Cerulean (#009BA7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Iris (#5B35F7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Deep Olive (#564600): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Ink (#000D16): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity. Tagged retro, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Lapis 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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