Ancient Study color palette — #ECE1DC · #639F9E · #006375 · #003E24 · #000B14

A conversation between Peacock and Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE1DC): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Eucalyptus (#639F9E): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Peacock (#006375): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Forest (#003E24): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000B14): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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