Ancient Iris color palette — #EFF8F1 · #74D5E7 · #718BD9 · #0090A3 · #2F1D2B
A conversation between Lavender Blue and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EFF8F1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Ice Blue (#74D5E7): A whisper-light, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Lavender Blue (#718BD9): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Cerulean (#0090A3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Onyx (#2F1D2B): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged duotone, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Iris 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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