Ancient Basin color palette — #9FF1E7 · #5FC4DC · #158BC9 · #2B4DA4 · #361A76

Indigo and Royal Purple set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Sea Foam (#9FF1E7): A whisper-light, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cyan (#5FC4DC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#158BC9): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#2B4DA4): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Royal Purple (#361A76): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.

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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