Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E2F5FF · #0096B0 · #9D6639 · #74451C · #041D28

Built around Cerulean, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#E2F5FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0096B0): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ochre (#9D6639): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Bronze (#74451C): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Midnight (#041D28): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.

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.

Similar palettes

• Cobalt Atelier color palette (#EAF3FF, #6586C4, #A25E66, #79411E, #0E1A2C)
• Aged Archive color palette (#DDF7FF, #14999B, #A55975, #763D52, #001E26)
• Feathered Lagoon Archive color palette (#E5FAFB, #2A9670, #A35B36, #694E00, #0F3A3C)
• Aged Loft color palette (#EAF3FD, #5A91CC, #914E4E, #404500, #1C2100)
• Turquoise Boulevard color palette (#E7FBF1, #42ACD5, #C6718D, #8C6804, #1B3A2D)
• Washed Indigo Parlor color palette (#EDF1FF, #7663E4, #8B6300, #604300, #0B112D)
• Hushed Cobalt Study color palette (#EBF2FF, #6873C3, #824783, #5B3800, #00151A)
• Worn Quarry color palette (#DBFAEF, #64A4CE, #715E9E, #3F4D0B, #11233B)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.