Tempered Ash color palette — #DFFBFF · #B5CDDF · #979FC2 · #567E6D · #3A5449

A conversation between Blue Fog and Fern, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#DFFBFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Lilac Frost (#B5CDDF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Blue Fog (#979FC2): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Fern (#567E6D): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Charcoal Brown (#3A5449): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Ash 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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