Ancient Quarry color palette — #DFEFF5 · #B8BFD2 · #A1A5C4 · #0090A1 · #142227

Built around Cerulean, softened by Mauve — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DFEFF5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ash (#B8BFD2): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Mauve (#A1A5C4): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Cerulean (#0090A1): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Onyx (#142227): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Quarry 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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