Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D8EEEB · #4196B3 · #00506E · #002B31 · #00050B
A conversation between Cerulean and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D8EEEB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Cerulean (#4196B3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Peacock (#00506E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Forest (#002B31): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#00050B): 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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- Cellar Summit color palette (#FCDCEA, #86541E, #552800, #2D0D00, #030100)
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