Tempered Lapis color palette — #DBEDF4 · #7A9BC5 · #5D58AC · #4C1E0D · #150B00

Iris and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DBEDF4): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Blue Fog (#7A9BC5): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Iris (#5D58AC): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Espresso (#4C1E0D): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#150B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Lapis 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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