Ancient Periwinkle color palette — #FAF4EB · #D1E8FF · #87A4E0 · #488399 · #593E50
Built around Cornflower, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FAF4EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Frost (#D1E8FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cornflower (#87A4E0): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Slate (#488399): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cocoa (#593E50): A full-bodied, 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 Periwinkle 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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