Tempered Cerulean color palette — #C5F2EB · #358493 · #375874 · #532430 · #1F0600

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#C5F2EB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#358493): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#375874): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#532430): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#1F0600): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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.

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