Pale Study color palette — #CAEBE4 · #318896 · #005590 · #5A162C · #250500

Peacock and Mulberry set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CAEBE4): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#318896): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#005590): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Mulberry (#5A162C): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#250500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Study 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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