Softworn Periwinkle color palette — #D3F5FA · #74A1DC · #74629C · #4A3E0A · #261A00

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D3F5FA): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cornflower (#74A1DC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Slate (#74629C): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Deep Olive (#4A3E0A): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Onyx (#261A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Periwinkle 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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