Softworn Cerulean color palette — #AFF8FF · #8CCBDE · #5699C2 · #7C6697 · #614168

Cerulean and Slate set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Sea Foam (#AFF8FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Sky (#8CCBDE): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#5699C2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Slate (#7C6697): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Charcoal Brown (#614168): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, cool.

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.

Similar palettes

• Washed Villa color palette (#BCF2D8, #81D3C1, #49A4A9, #5E749A, #3D4173)
• Aged Cerulean Chapel color palette (#E1F1F5, #83B4CE, #6086AC, #634B70, #542E33)
• Timeworn Sky Harbor color palette (#DFFBFF, #A4E4FF, #75B4E7, #806397, #59335B)
• Pewter Alley color palette (#DFEEFF, #AAB8E5, #9791CA, #90546E, #733641)
• Frosted Iris Boulevard color palette (#D6E3FA, #777EC6, #675594, #60243A, #40000A)
• Tempered Aqua Loft color palette (#D2EEF1, #00C5E0, #0099B7, #00708F, #00445F)
• Antique Balcony color palette (#DBFEF4, #E0C2DD, #BB97AB, #8A6E6D, #654A45)
• Sunlit Sky color palette (#BDEEEC, #7CE0DD, #69B2F6, #A17861, #663E0F)

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