Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D4E8E6 · #0085A8 · #00415B · #001E24 · #000103
Built around Cerulean, softened by Navy — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D4E8E6): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cerulean (#0085A8): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Navy (#00415B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#001E24): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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