Gentle Drift color palette — #C3E8F8 · #0081C0 · #204385 · #421B42 · #35040D

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

The five colors

• Frost (#C3E8F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#0081C0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#204385): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Deep Indigo (#421B42): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#35040D): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Drift 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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