Ancient Petrol color palette — #E3F0EE · #52AFC2 · #00819E · #005D60 · #000B12
Built around Cerulean, softened by Cyan — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#E3F0EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cyan (#52AFC2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#00819E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#005D60): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#000B12): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Petrol 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.