Ancient Cerulean color palette — #ECE3D5 · #0098BD · #004F74 · #002B2D · #00040F

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#ECE3D5): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cerulean (#0098BD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#004F74): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#002B2D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• 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 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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