Dusty Cerulean color palette — #C5EDF3 · #2E8CAE · #274E6C · #321947 · #050005

Cerulean takes the lead with Deep Indigo close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Frost (#C5EDF3): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#2E8CAE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#274E6C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Indigo (#321947): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Black (#050005): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Dusty 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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