Ancient Archive color palette — #DEE8FF · #CDB0E3 · #EE8285 · #0088A4 · #1A0339

A conversation between Watermelon and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DEE8FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Lavender (#CDB0E3): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Watermelon (#EE8285): A luminous, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Cerulean (#0088A4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Indigo (#1A0339): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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