Timeworn Cerulean color palette — #DBEDEB · #3B919B · #276F89 · #4B456E · #160225

Cerulean takes the lead with Teal close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Frost (#DBEDEB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#3B919B): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Teal (#276F89): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Charcoal Brown (#4B456E): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#160225): 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 Timeworn 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.

Similar palettes

• Gentle Onyx color palette (#D1F2DB, #3D937E, #007977, #26436E, #0B0A41)
• Airy Cerulean color palette (#CFECFC, #4B8ABD, #4B639B, #5D3158, #200013)
• Byzantium Drift color palette (#D0E7DB, #008BAE, #A533BB, #005E76, #0E0012)
• Antique Meadow color palette (#D3EFD6, #158C92, #3B5979, #501E17, #2A0402)
• Dusty Petrol color palette (#DEE1CF, #5FAEBF, #0081A0, #005C61, #000B12)
• Washed Cerulean Market color palette (#D9F0FC, #0098C7, #007099, #003F56, #000204)
• Wandering Onyx Ridge color palette (#EAF3DF, #548A89, #075C5F, #410016, #030100)
• Hazy Villa color palette (#DCF3FC, #007B97, #644CC6, #006A3B, #000203)

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