Ancient Cerulean color palette — #FDF3EB · #BBE8D5 · #708AB9 · #286F68 · #5C3C4E
A conversation between Slate Blue and Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FDF3EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mint (#BBE8D5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Slate Blue (#708AB9): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Teal (#286F68): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cocoa (#5C3C4E): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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