Ancient Aqua color palette — #C9EBD3 · #FFB6AB · #00D3E6 · #253940 · #101C21

A conversation between Aqua and Rose Quartz, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C9EBD3): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Rose Quartz (#FFB6AB): A whisper-light, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Aqua (#00D3E6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Teal (#253940): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#101C21): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Aqua 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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