Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F9EFF3 · #C1E1F8 · #6891BE · #166B6B · #1E2B47

A conversation between Slate Blue and Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F9EFF3): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Powder Blue (#C1E1F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#6891BE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Teal (#166B6B): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Midnight (#1E2B47): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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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