Ancient Navy color palette — #F0E4DA · #1881B5 · #132E8D · #001F1E · #020008
A conversation between Indigo and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F0E4DA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#1881B5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Indigo (#132E8D): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#001F1E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Black (#020008): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Navy 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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