Ancient Basin color palette — #D6EAE7 · #78A9BB · #008297 · #005D5B · #000B11
A conversation between Cerulean and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D6EAE7): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Blue Fog (#78A9BB): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#008297): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Peacock (#005D5B): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#000B11): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: 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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