Ancient Drift color palette — #F5ECE5 · #428AA8 · #003A7A · #00231D · #090029

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F5ECE5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#428AA8): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#003A7A): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#00231D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#090029): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Drift 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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