Ancient Cerulean color palette — #C5EBE7 · #009AAE · #005B71 · #002846 · #00021F
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#C5EBE7): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cerulean (#009AAE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#005B71): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Midnight (#002846): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#00021F): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged muted, cool.
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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