Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E1F8F2 · #F2D6D0 · #C4C9FF · #4C80A2 · #392839

Slate and Lilac Frost set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#E1F8F2): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Shell Pink (#F2D6D0): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Lilac Frost (#C4C9FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Slate (#4C80A2): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#392839): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged pastel, light, 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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