Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF2EC · #B4D8C1 · #0089C3 · #00685A · #213F6D
Built around Cerulean, softened by Navy — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Oat (#B4D8C1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Cerulean (#0089C3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Pine (#00685A): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Navy (#213F6D): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. 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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