Ancient Basin color palette — #F4F7ED · #C3DDEC · #8CC1EE · #498CA3 · #4E3550
A conversation between Sky and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#F4F7ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Powder Blue (#C3DDEC): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Sky (#8CC1EE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#498CA3): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Charcoal (#4E3550): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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