Ancient Canyon color palette — #EEE3DC · #1C8EA9 · #004163 · #00231E · #000428

Cerulean takes the lead with Navy close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EEE3DC): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#1C8EA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#004163): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#00231E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#000428): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Canyon 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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• Pale Mulberry color palette (#E6F1D9, #006044, #6F0055, #00281A, #11000B)
• Weathered Cerulean Veranda color palette (#FFF2EB, #8BD4D2, #00879D, #17623D, #124436)
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