Ancient Basin color palette — #FAE9E1 · #97BCA2 · #007FAC · #005B4A · #001F43
A conversation between Cerulean and Pine, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#FAE9E1): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Sage (#97BCA2): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cerulean (#007FAC): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Pine (#005B4A): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Midnight (#001F43): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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