Ancient Petrol color palette — #CAE6E3 · #00A2B8 · #0073AB · #003C26 · #000202
A conversation between Slate and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Silver (#CAE6E3): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Cerulean (#00A2B8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate (#0073AB): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Deep Forest (#003C26): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Black (#000202): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged pastel, light, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Petrol 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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