Ancient Alley color palette — #F5EDE1 · #4C95AD · #004F73 · #002B2C · #00040F
A conversation between Peacock and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#F5EDE1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#4C95AD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Peacock (#004F73): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Forest (#002B2C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#00040F): 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 Alley 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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