Ancient Basin color palette — #EDF9EE · #C5E7E2 · #B2D1F5 · #009095 · #1C281D
A conversation between Cerulean and Lilac Frost, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EDF9EE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Silver (#C5E7E2): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Lilac Frost (#B2D1F5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#009095): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Onyx (#1C281D): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
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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