Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F6F1E9 · #96D3E1 · #0088B2 · #005C57 · #00271F

Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#F6F1E9): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ice Blue (#96D3E1): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#0088B2): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#005C57): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Onyx (#00271F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

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.

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