Ancient Cerulean color palette — #EEF0DF · #2A8599 · #004255 · #001F21 · #000103

A conversation between Cerulean and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#EEF0DF): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Cerulean (#2A8599): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Teal (#004255): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#001F21): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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