Faded Apricot color palette — #CCE9FF · #87D4FF · #EE8D03 · #007EAF · #452500

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

The five colors

• Frost (#CCE9FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Sky (#87D4FF): A whisper-light, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Apricot (#EE8D03): A luminous, vivid gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#007EAF): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#452500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.

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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