Ancient Archive color palette — #EBDFD8 · #5F9DAE · #005E8C · #003C35 · #000526

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#EBDFD8): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Slate Blue (#5F9DAE): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#005E8C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Deep Forest (#003C35): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000526): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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