Ancient Archive color palette — #F1E8D9 · #87BCD4 · #1771AA · #004A50 · #001437

Slate and Midnight set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F1E8D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Sky (#87BCD4): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Slate (#1771AA): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Teal (#004A50): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Midnight (#001437): 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 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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