Ancient Fern color palette — #E8F0ED · #A1BABA · #7B9BA6 · #485B00 · #001912

Built around Olive, softened by Blue Fog — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#E8F0ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ash (#A1BABA): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Blue Fog (#7B9BA6): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Olive (#485B00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#001912): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Fern 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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