Ancient Lapis color palette — #F8ECE0 · #8EBBEB · #5859BA · #003D42 · #05000C
A conversation between Iris and Sky, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#F8ECE0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Sky (#8EBBEB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Iris (#5859BA): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Deep Teal (#003D42): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#05000C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Lapis 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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