Ancient Study color palette — #FFF4E2 · #56CDC9 · #007C89 · #005840 · #003948

Aqua and Teal set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4E2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Aqua (#56CDC9): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Teal (#007C89): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Olive (#005840): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Teal (#003948): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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