Ancient Study color palette — #FDF1FA · #81DCED · #0085B5 · #005344 · #000C21

Cerulean and Ice Blue set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FDF1FA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ice Blue (#81DCED): A whisper-light, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0085B5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Forest (#005344): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#000C21): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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