Softworn Cerulean color palette — #EAFAED · #009CA8 · #432A46 · #021406 · #010100

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

The five colors

• Ivory (#EAFAED): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#009CA8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#432A46): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ink (#021406): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

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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