Ancient Petrol color palette — #F2E6DF · #68ADC0 · #006E9F · #004B41 · #001135

A conversation between Peacock and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F2E6DF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cyan (#68ADC0): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#006E9F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Forest (#004B41): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Midnight (#001135): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Petrol 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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