Ancient Apricot color palette — #DAE4FF · #B0D4FF · #FFA381 · #5B4043 · #3A3236

A conversation between Melon and Powder Blue, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DAE4FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Powder Blue (#B0D4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Melon (#FFA381): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cocoa (#5B4043): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#3A3236): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Apricot 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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