Faded Archive color palette — #EDF0E3 · #74BADE · #008BCE · #006A7F · #00152A

Cerulean and Sky set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#EDF0E3): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Sky (#74BADE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#008BCE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#006A7F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#00152A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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.

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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.