Softworn Cerulean color palette — #EAE4DA · #408BA4 · #004160 · #002223 · #00091A

Built around Cerulean, softened by Navy — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EAE4DA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#408BA4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#004160): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Onyx (#002223): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#00091A): 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 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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