Ancient Iris color palette — #D4E5DB · #8FB5EB · #8B74BD · #005852 · #002A40
Built around Slate Blue, softened by Sky — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Silver (#D4E5DB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Sky (#8FB5EB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate Blue (#8B74BD): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Peacock (#005852): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Midnight (#002A40): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged pastel, light, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Iris 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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Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.