Softworn Cerulean color palette — #F9EBE3 · #388DA1 · #004161 · #00231D · #000720

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F9EBE3): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#388DA1): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#004161): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Onyx (#00231D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#000720): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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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