Softworn Archive color palette — #E3ECE5 · #87BDCD · #00749F · #004B4A · #00172D

Slate and Forest set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E3ECE5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ash (#87BDCD): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate (#00749F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Forest (#004B4A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Midnight (#00172D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Archive 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.

Similar palettes

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• Mulberry Parlor color palette (#D6F9E9, #716F00, #006789, #89005B, #0C0C00)
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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.