Ancient Indigo color palette — #EFE1D5 · #7CA6C6 · #536CCB · #005D5D · #0E0023

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE1D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Blue Fog (#7CA6C6): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Sapphire (#536CCB): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Peacock (#005D5D): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#0E0023): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Indigo 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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