Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F8F0EB · #B4E4FE · #6C8EC7 · #0D6D63 · #3C2231

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F8F0EB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Powder Blue (#B4E4FE): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#6C8EC7): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Teal (#0D6D63): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#3C2231): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, 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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