Ancient Cerulean color palette — #CBE6EE · #0093BD · #00739F · #00537D · #001225

Cerulean takes the lead with Slate close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Frost (#CBE6EE): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0093BD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate (#00739F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#00537D): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#001225): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged 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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