Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E1EEEC · #4F9BB2 · #00516B · #002F34 · #001624

Cerulean takes the lead with Peacock close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Cream (#E1EEEC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#4F9BB2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#00516B): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#002F34): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#001624): 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 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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