Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DCE4DE · #94CAD9 · #00A4B8 · #008063 · #00232F
A conversation between Cerulean and Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DCE4DE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Sky (#94CAD9): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#00A4B8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Teal (#008063): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Midnight (#00232F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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