Ancient Navy color palette — #ECD9E1 · #5487A8 · #003586 · #002224 · #08002A

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

The five colors

• Silver (#ECD9E1): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Storm Blue (#5487A8): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#003586): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Midnight (#002224): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#08002A): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. 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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• Denim Field color palette (#CEE4E3, #559AC7, #005B97, #00394A, #00091C)
• Cobalt Summit color palette (#FAEBDE, #5AAAD9, #3371D0, #005C61, #07002A)
• Worn Delta color palette (#F6EBF3, #7FBEC1, #00748F, #005238, #003150)
• Velvet Aubergine Grove color palette (#CBE9E2, #3B5D00, #3E00A7, #152600, #06001F)
• Softworn Petrol color palette (#CAECE1, #62A787, #007B8A, #433200, #021400)
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