Softworn Fern color palette — #BDF4D1 · #68B8C1 · #6774A7 · #73562A · #4A4802

A conversation between Deep Olive and Slate, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Mint (#BDF4D1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cyan (#68B8C1): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Slate (#6774A7): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Coffee (#73562A): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Deep Olive (#4A4802): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Fern 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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