Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DDE9E1 · #AFC4C6 · #CBA6AE · #0090A3 · #142319

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#DDE9E1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Stone (#AFC4C6): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Rosewood Mist (#CBA6AE): A luminous, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Cerulean (#0090A3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#142319): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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