Muted Cerulean color palette — #F9DAE0 · #DDBDC3 · #C79796 · #4298A3 · #38406A

Built around Cerulean, softened by Navy — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9DAE0): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Oat (#DDBDC3): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Taupe (#C79796): A luminous, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Cerulean (#4298A3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#38406A): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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