Ancient Navy color palette — #D9E5DB · #6590AC · #00498A · #002B32 · #01001E

A conversation between Navy and Ink, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#D9E5DB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Slate Blue (#6590AC): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Navy (#00498A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Midnight (#002B32): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#01001E): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Navy 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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