Ancient Cerulean color palette — #ECF4EE · #A6CEE3 · #2685B2 · #005B5B · #00213F
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#ECF4EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Sky (#A6CEE3): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#2685B2): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#005B5B): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Midnight (#00213F): 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 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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