Ancient Study color palette — #E9DFD5 · #6B97BD · #3F4AB0 · #003B3D · #100021

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#E9DFD5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Slate Blue (#6B97BD): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#3F4AB0): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Deep Teal (#003B3D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#100021): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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