Softworn Cobalt color palette — #D2E8EA · #5082BE · #504471 · #3C2807 · #1F1200

A conversation between Cerulean and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D2E8EA): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#5082BE): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Charcoal Brown (#504471): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Espresso (#3C2807): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#1F1200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Cobalt 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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• Washed Iris Studio color palette (#CDEAFC, #8092E8, #895688, #3F4E1A, #202B00)
• Obsidian Denim color palette (#D2E2F5, #694B8A, #5A223F, #002307, #000601)
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