Ancient Basin color palette — #FAF4EE · #C4E5E9 · #95A2D2 · #008C8D · #4D4065

Cerulean and Mauve set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FAF4EE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Silver (#C4E5E9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Mauve (#95A2D2): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Cerulean (#008C8D): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Charcoal (#4D4065): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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