Faded Apricot color palette — #D9F4FD · #5BD3DA · #FF8B6A · #00A5AC · #5C1F0C

A conversation between Salmon and Turquoise, giving this palette its sense of balance.

The five colors

• Frost (#D9F4FD): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Aqua (#5BD3DA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Salmon (#FF8B6A): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Turquoise (#00A5AC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#5C1F0C): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Apricot 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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