Softworn Cobalt color palette — #CDE4F8 · #0079B5 · #703E00 · #412500 · #120E00

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

The five colors

• Frost (#CDE4F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#0079B5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Bronze (#703E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Espresso (#412500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#120E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Cobalt 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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