Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F8F0E8 · #BAE8DA · #798CBC · #256973 · #3C2231

Built around Slate Blue, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#F8F0E8): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Mint (#BAE8DA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Slate Blue (#798CBC): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Peacock (#256973): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#3C2231): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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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