Ancient Powder Basin color palette — #FBF4ED · #BBEDD9 · #8CB4EA · #429B9E · #4D2F44

A conversation between Sky and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FBF4ED): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Mint (#BBEDD9): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Sky (#8CB4EA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#429B9E): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Charcoal (#4D2F44): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Powder Basin 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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