Gentle Aqua color palette — #D9F4FF · #04D6EE · #F1956E · #00A3B6 · #552610

A conversation between Aqua and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D9F4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Aqua (#04D6EE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Apricot (#F1956E): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cerulean (#00A3B6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#552610): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Aqua 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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