Softworn Onyx color palette — #CAEFE8 · #438384 · #005E72 · #1D1A4A · #05000D

A conversation between Deep Indigo and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CAEFE8): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Slate (#438384): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Peacock (#005E72): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Indigo (#1D1A4A): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#05000D): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Onyx 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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