Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F6E6DF · #489EA7 · #00516A · #003124 · #00152A

A conversation between Cerulean and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F6E6DF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#489EA7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#00516A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#003124): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#00152A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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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