Gentle Drift color palette — #EFEDDB · #0082B6 · #542E9D · #263100 · #000D27

Plum and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#EFEDDB): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Cerulean (#0082B6): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Plum (#542E9D): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Deep Forest (#263100): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#000D27): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Drift 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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