Ancient Navy color palette — #EFD9E4 · #5A92AE · #00488D · #002C2C · #02001C

A conversation between Indigo and Storm Blue, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EFD9E4): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Storm Blue (#5A92AE): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Indigo (#00488D): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Forest (#002C2C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#02001C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Navy 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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