Softworn Cerulean color palette — #CAE9DD · #23899A · #3E557D · #49230F · #200700

Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CAE9DD): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#23899A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#3E557D): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#49230F): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#200700): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

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.

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