Ancient Study color palette — #D8E0ED · #9DB4FA · #978AFB · #8B5BC9 · #4B2A5C

Amethyst and Wisteria set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and balance.

The five colors

• Silver (#D8E0ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sky (#9DB4FA): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Wisteria (#978AFB): A luminous, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Amethyst (#8B5BC9): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Royal Purple (#4B2A5C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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