Ancient Alley color palette — #ECDDE5 · #3B97B2 · #004B84 · #002D23 · #03001B

Built around Peacock, softened by Cerulean — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#ECDDE5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#3B97B2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Peacock (#004B84): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#002D23): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#03001B): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Alley 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.