Ancient Indigo color palette — #D4DEF2 · #5B6AE6 · #612900 · #1C0083 · #040002
Built around Cornflower Indigo, softened by Indigo — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Silver (#D4DEF2): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Cornflower Indigo (#5B6AE6): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
- Rust (#612900): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Indigo (#1C0083): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#040002): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged duotone.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Indigo 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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