Ancient Lantern color palette — #EFF8EF · #F6DAC8 · #008788 · #004242 · #091209

A conversation between Teal and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EFF8EF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Shell Pink (#F6DAC8): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Teal (#008788): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Deep Teal (#004242): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#091209): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Lantern 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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