Ancient Petrol color palette — #E8EAE0 · #83BDD4 · #00749F · #004A54 · #001829
Built around Slate, softened by Sky — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E8EAE0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Sky (#83BDD4): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Slate (#00749F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Teal (#004A54): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#001829): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Petrol 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.
Similar palettes
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- Misty Periwinkle Harbor color palette (#CCF6E8, #A5C7F0, #8DA3EE, #006C8E, #210D24)
- Chalky Grape color palette (#CFE6DD, #0072AA, #7934AF, #005A49, #000C17)
- Cerulean Lantern color palette (#E2E5D0, #3899A7, #005263, #002C2C, #000509)
- Antique Ash Ridge color palette (#F1F3EB, #C2E4E5, #76A2C1, #4E755F, #173E35)
- Plum Lantern color palette (#D3EEE2, #008BBB, #9F3C99, #004D6A, #240023)
Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.