Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E6F5FF · #82B5D9 · #618DBB · #536694 · #45526F

Built around Slate Blue, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#E6F5FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Sky (#82B5D9): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#618DBB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate (#536694): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Peacock (#45526F): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Sophistication. 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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• Softworn Cerulean color palette (#C9F5FC, #7BCEC9, #3499A3, #1C6A7E, #404A68)
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• Aged Archive color palette (#FEF1F8, #D1ACBA, #967587, #6D5468, #3F4C3F)
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