diff --git a/libs/design/scss/theming/_configure-palette.scss b/libs/design/scss/theming/_configure-palette.scss
index 0171fdb14b..a1a573585c 100644
--- a/libs/design/scss/theming/_configure-palette.scss
+++ b/libs/design/scss/theming/_configure-palette.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 /// as the palette’s default color. The palette can then be used
 /// to configure themes by setting them as primary, secondary, or tertiary colors.
 ///
+/// The hue is recorded alongside the color as `default-hue`, so that colors can
+/// be selected relative to the default with `daff-color-shift`.
+///
 /// @group Theming
 ///
 /// @param {Map} $color-palette — A color palette map (e.g., `$daff-blue`, `$daff-purple`).
@@ -21,7 +24,8 @@
 	@return map.merge(
 		$color-palette,
 		(
-			'default': get-color.daff-color($color-palette, $hue)
+			'default': get-color.daff-color($color-palette, $hue),
+			'default-hue': $hue
 		)
 	);
 }
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/theming/_index.scss b/libs/design/scss/theming/_index.scss
index 11003560c0..9b808cf00d 100644
--- a/libs/design/scss/theming/_index.scss
+++ b/libs/design/scss/theming/_index.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 @forward 'color-palettes';
 @forward 'get-color';
+@forward 'color-shift';
 @forward 'contrast';
 @forward 'configure-palette';
-@forward 'create-theme/create-theme';
+@forward 'create-theme';
 @forward 'light-dark';
 @forward 'get-palette';
 @forward 'get-base-color';
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.scss b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44bf6aafdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// stylelint-disable @stylistic/max-line-length
+@use 'sass:map';
+@use '../get-color';
+@use '../../core/error/error-to-string';
+
+/// @access private
+/// The distance between two adjacent hues in a color palette.
+$hue-step: 10;
+
+/// Retrieves a color relative to a palette's default hue.
+///
+/// Positive steps move toward the darker end of the palette, negative steps
+/// toward the lighter end. Use this instead of a hardcoded hue when a color is
+/// meant to sit a fixed distance from a palette's default, such as the hover
+/// and active states of a component.
+///
+/// The palette must be configured with `daff-configure-palette`, which records
+/// the hue that the default was set from.
+///
+/// @group Theming
+///
+/// @param {Map} $palette — The palette to retrieve a color from.
+/// @param {Number} $steps [0] — How many hue steps to shift from the default.
+///
+/// @return {Color} The color `$steps` away from the palette's default hue.
+///
+/// @throws Will throw an error if `$palette` was not configured with
+/// `daff-configure-palette`, or if the shifted hue does not exist in `$palette`.
+///
+/// @example scss
+/// 	// $primary configured at hue 60
+/// 	.custom-content {
+/// 		background-color: daff-color($primary); // hue 60
+/// 		border-color: daff-color-shift($primary, 1); // hue 70
+/// 		color: daff-color-shift($primary, -1); // hue 50
+/// 	}
+///
+@function daff-color-shift($palette, $steps: 0) {
+	$default-hue: map.get($palette, 'default-hue');
+
+	@if ($default-hue == null) {
+		@return error-to-string.error-to-string(
+			'Palette has no `default-hue`. Configure it with `daff-configure-palette`.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	$hue: $default-hue + ($steps * $hue-step);
+
+	@if (not map.has-key($palette, $hue)) {
+		@return error-to-string.error-to-string(
+			'Cannot shift `#{$steps}` step(s) from hue `#{$default-hue}`. `#{$hue}` does not exist in palette.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@return get-color.daff-color($palette, $hue);
+}
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.spec.scss b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.spec.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f8453beb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_color-shift.spec.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+@use 'true' as *;
+@use 'sass:map';
+@use '../color-shift' as *;
+@use '../color-palettes' as palette;
+@use '../configure-palette' as *;
+@use '../get-color' as *;
+@use '../../core/error/error-to-string';
+
+@include describe('daff-color-shift') {
+	$default: daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue);
+	$light: daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 30);
+	$dark: daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 50);
+	$lightest: daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 10);
+	$darkest: daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 100);
+
+	@include it('returns the default color when there is no shift') {
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($default), daff-color($default));
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($default, 0), daff-color($default, 60));
+	}
+
+	@include it('returns a darker color for positive steps') {
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($default, 1), daff-color($default, 70));
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($default, 2), daff-color($default, 80));
+	}
+
+	@include it('returns a lighter color for negative steps') {
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($dark, -1), daff-color($dark, 40));
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($dark, -2), daff-color($dark, 30));
+	}
+
+	@include it('shifts relative to the hue the palette was configured with') {
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($light, 1), daff-color($light, 40));
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($light, 2), daff-color($light, 50));
+	}
+
+	@include it('shifts across the whole palette') {
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($lightest, 9), daff-color($lightest, 100));
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($darkest, -9), daff-color($darkest, 10));
+	}
+
+	@include it('shifts relative to the configured hue, not a duplicate color earlier in the palette') {
+		$duplicate: daff-configure-palette((10: #ffffff, 20: #cccccc, 30: #cccccc, 40: #999999), 30);
+
+		@include assert-equal(daff-color-shift($duplicate, 1), #999999);
+	}
+
+	@include error-to-string.set-use-string(true);
+
+	@include it('errors when the shift falls past the dark end of the palette') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-color-shift($darkest, 1),
+			'Cannot shift `1` step(s) from hue `100`. `110` does not exist in palette.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('errors when the shift falls past the light end of the palette') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-color-shift($lightest, -1),
+			'Cannot shift `-1` step(s) from hue `10`. `0` does not exist in palette.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('errors when the shift lands between hues') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-color-shift($default, 0.5),
+			'Cannot shift `0.5` step(s) from hue `60`. `65` does not exist in palette.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('errors when the palette was not configured with daff-configure-palette') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-color-shift(palette.$daff-blue, 1),
+			'Palette has no `default-hue`. Configure it with `daff-configure-palette`.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('errors when the palette has a default color but no default hue') {
+		$manual: map.merge(palette.$daff-blue, ('default': daff-color(palette.$daff-blue, 60)));
+
+		@include assert-equal(
+			daff-color-shift($manual, 1),
+			'Palette has no `default-hue`. Configure it with `daff-configure-palette`.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include error-to-string.set-use-string(false);
+}
+
+@include describe('daff-configure-palette') {
+	@include it('records the hue the default was configured from') {
+		@include assert-equal(
+			map.get(daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue), 'default-hue'),
+			60
+		);
+		@include assert-equal(
+			map.get(daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 30), 'default-hue'),
+			30
+		);
+	}
+
+	@include it('replaces the recorded hue when a palette is reconfigured') {
+		$reconfigured: daff-configure-palette(daff-configure-palette(palette.$daff-blue, 30), 80);
+
+		@include assert-equal(map.get($reconfigured, 'default-hue'), 80);
+		@include assert-equal(map.get($reconfigured, 'default'), daff-color(palette.$daff-blue, 80));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_index.scss b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92e84fa7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/design/scss/theming/color-shift/_index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@forward 'color-shift';