Washed Aqua color palette — #DDE5D4 · #00DBD6 · #81A3D7 · #A9693E · #5A2900

A conversation between Aqua and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#DDE5D4): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Aqua (#00DBD6): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Blue Fog (#81A3D7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ochre (#A9693E): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Espresso (#5A2900): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed Aqua 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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