Ancient Basin color palette — #D3E8F6 · #0088A7 · #B9004F · #5F4000 · #000201
A conversation between Magenta Rose and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D3E8F6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#0088A7): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Magenta Rose (#B9004F): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Bronze (#5F4000): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Energy, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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