Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F2E9DA · #00A3AB · #005362 · #003128 · #001722
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F2E9DA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Cerulean (#00A3AB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#005362): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Forest (#003128): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Ink (#001722): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
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.
Similar palettes
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- Washed Cerulean color palette (#EBDFCD, #338AB5, #003E6D, #002227, #00022D)
- Worn Cerulean Archive color palette (#DBEAE7, #6BC0C5, #0094A4, #006E66, #00171E)
- Teal Orchard color palette (#E2EFE6, #3EBCA7, #008D9D, #2F4100, #002113)
- Obsidian Canyon color palette (#E5F5EC, #008254, #004027, #001509, #000401)
- Wandering Aqua color palette (#FFF4E2, #00CDEA, #00799C, #005650, #003656)
- Cerulean Summit color palette (#FCF4E8, #ABCFB4, #1A85A2, #006156, #154436)
- Chalky Ridge color palette (#E2F0E2, #1F832D, #6A0064, #003809, #20001E)
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