Ancient Navy color palette — #D7E7E7 · #5990BB · #004989 · #00293A · #000315

A conversation between Navy and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D7E7E7): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#5990BB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#004989): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Midnight (#00293A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#000315): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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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