Ancient Archive color palette — #DFE9DD · #008A6D · #00515D · #00243E · #050024
Fern and Ink set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DFE9DD): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Fern (#008A6D): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
- Peacock (#00515D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Midnight (#00243E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#050024): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Archive 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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