Ancient Denim color palette — #DBE9DE · #5F97B5 · #004C81 · #002F35 · #000D3D

Peacock and Deep Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#DBE9DE): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Slate Blue (#5F97B5): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#004C81): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#002F35): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Indigo (#000D3D): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Denim 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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