Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DCEBE9 · #498B9C · #004356 · #002225 · #000B13

A conversation between Storm Blue and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCEBE9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Storm Blue (#498B9C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Teal (#004356): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Midnight (#002225): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#000B13): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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