Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E9E0D2 · #3D8C9F · #00425B · #002221 · #000A17

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#E9E0D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Cerulean (#3D8C9F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#00425B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#002221): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#000A17): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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