Ancient Cerulean color palette — #CBE8EE · #008D9C · #004350 · #14171C · #00080A
Cerulean takes the lead with Deep Teal close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.
The five colors
- Frost (#CBE8EE): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#008D9C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Deep Teal (#004350): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#14171C): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#00080A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged monochrome, 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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