Softworn Cerulean color palette — #CDF3E4 · #2695C6 · #5C4F91 · #383D00 · #05182E

A conversation between Cerulean and Plum, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CDF3E4): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#2695C6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Plum (#5C4F91): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Deep Olive (#383D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Midnight (#05182E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm. Tagged retro, cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Cerulean 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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