Ancient Drift color palette — #DDF0EF · #597D97 · #003F62 · #001E26 · #000104

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

The five colors

• Frost (#DDF0EF): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Slate (#597D97): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Navy (#003F62): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Midnight (#001E26): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#000104): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Drift 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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