Ancient Basin color palette — #CEF1FF · #74BEDA · #4090CA · #40588A · #2C354E
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#CEF1FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Sky (#74BEDA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#4090CA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#40588A): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Navy (#2C354E): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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