Ancient Study color palette — #EFE4D3 · #35B4C8 · #005E78 · #002C27 · #000103

Cyan and Peacock set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EFE4D3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cyan (#35B4C8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#005E78): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Forest (#002C27): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. 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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