Ancient Basin color palette — #ECE0E8 · #5E9C99 · #005361 · #003219 · #001623
Built around Peacock, softened by Deep Forest — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Rose Water (#ECE0E8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Eucalyptus (#5E9C99): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Peacock (#005361): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Forest (#003219): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#001623): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Calm, 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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