Softworn Cerulean color palette — #EFDDD5 · #219BA8 · #00516B · #002D21 · #00040E
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFDDD5): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Cerulean (#219BA8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#00516B): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Forest (#002D21): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#00040E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn Cerulean 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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