Ancient Azure color palette — #DAEFF6 · #009DCE · #006085 · #004265 · #00182F
A conversation between Cerulean and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DAEFF6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#009DCE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#006085): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Navy (#004265): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Midnight (#00182F): 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 Azure 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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