Ancient Basin color palette — #DCEDEB · #8CBBD2 · #007696 · #004A50 · #001925

Teal and Deep Teal set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCEDEB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#8CBBD2): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Teal (#007696): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Deep Teal (#004A50): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#001925): 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 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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