Ancient Basin color palette — #DBF9F5 · #1FD0F6 · #007DA0 · #005157 · #001D2C
A conversation between Ice Blue and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DBF9F5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ice Blue (#1FD0F6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#007DA0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Peacock (#005157): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Midnight (#001D2C): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light.
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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