Softworn Cerulean color palette — #D3ECEF · #0084A3 · #235677 · #3B2051 · #1D051F

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D3ECEF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0084A3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#235677): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Royal Purple (#3B2051): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#1D051F): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. 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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